ID this pleco..

[Miles]

I need a specific L number on this pleco.. Please don't reply telling me it is a 'Snowball', 'Galaxy', or 'Peppermint' Pleco... I am not looking for common names. I need a scientific name, it was collected out of the Peruvian side of south america.

Thanks in Advance..

PS. I look on PlanetCatfish and there are a ton of similiar ones, but I need to know what features to look at to properly identify it..

 

[Miles]

O yeah it would help if I posted the picture. Duh.



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[freshwatermorayeel]

L-82 Scobiancistrus sp



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[M|L]

It's not a L-082.

 

[guppy]

Different eyes + spotting patterns

 

[revkkoolaid]

no idea . . . but i want one!

possibly L -something?? bwahaha god im funny.. . .only not.

 

[Miles]

Wow. Okay.. That L82 is WAYYY off.. I will go post on PlanetCatfish..

 

[freshwatermorayeel]

either a L-155 or a L-316 it is either one.

 

[M|L]

either a L-155 or a L-316 it is either one.

no offense, but you're not even close.

 

[Miles]

Its actually a Panaque Sp. L204 'Flash' Pleco.. They are striped when juvenile, and become spotted as adults apparently.