L66?

[tonymofo]

Ok 2 years ago when I first got into #plecos I started collecting other L number Plecos after keeping a couple of bristlenose. I bought this 1 (black/white stripes) labeled as L333. I always just considered it was what it was labeled. So all this time after seeing numerous pics of L333 I never notice mine looked different till now. I’m thinking more like L66….. what do you think?

 

[Midwater]

Both 333 and 66 are Hypancistrus. They are similar. Maybe they are closely related.

Still, a nice looking fish. What other Ls have you got in there?

 

[tonymofo]

Both 333 and 66 are Hypancistrus. They are similar. Maybe they are closely related.

Still, a nice looking fish. What other Ls have you got in there?

L399 x6 Bello Monte Pleco

L201 x3 Snowball Pleco

L200 x1 Green Phantom Pleco

L114 x2 Leopard Cactus Pleco

L262 x2 Small Spot Pleco

Spotted Bristle nose x3

Yea Super Red Bristle nose x2 M/F

L056 x1 Chubby Pleco

L199 x3 Colombian Zebra Pleco

L333 x1 King Tiger Pleco

L400 x3 Bello Monte Pleco

L134 x4 Leopard frog Pleco

L??? X3 L202/LDA057

L260 x1 Queens Arabesque

L007 x1 yellow spot galaxy

L239 x1 Blue Panaque Pleco

and a couple of calico bristlenose juvenile from a spawn last year. I removed the parents into there own tank now. Babies are so hard to catch.

 

[phreeflow]

You can tell the L66 and L333 apart from the shape or their tail fin. One has a C shape

 

[phreeflow]

L333 has C shape tail and L66 have a V shape tail from sideview

 

[tonymofo]

What do you think V? L66?

 

[tonymofo]

Another pic of the tail

 

[phreeflow]

Hard to tell with those pics. You have to take a side pic when the tail is fully open. Although it looks like a v in those pics, I’m guessing when it opens fully, it’s likely c shaped like L333

 

[Jeb77]

Another pic of the tail

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I would say definitely L66 I have both 333 and 66 I did this so I could compare and well I love hypancistrus ?