please id this pleco

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vr6fan

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cant find a pic like him anywhere....his fins are a bit more yellow then the pic shows and his eyes are super white and creepy looking

plece.jpg
 
Could be Hypostomus soniae:
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=43

Nice find. How big is it? The eye color tend to change occasionally between white and blue.
I have two small one's in one of my tanks. Here's a pic:
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cool thanks Im pretty sure mines the same as yours..hes about 5 inches and the guy I got him from (for free) said he wont get much bigger and he said he paid like 40 bucks for him...super cool plec though
 
I agree,

should get to about 10"-12" (most specimen in Aquaria stay smaller though) and cochliodon (some of them hypostomus now) for sure
 
i have this same pleco, unsure of the L number but it was sold to me as a violet red bruno. he has a great personality and eats like a hoss.
 
also just read it was banned from export so hold on to that "sucker" for a while lol
 
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