Pleco Identification (pictures)

[BigTim15]

Hello i am a complete noob to plecos. I have no idea how you identify them with the L-200 and all that stuff lol...I have owned different kinds like rubber lip, sailfin, bristlenose but i was just wondering what kind this is...My LFS owner gave him to me for free for my 120 gallon..Sorry bout the pool quality pics

 

[WyldFya]

L#s are a way to identify many different plecos, both in coloration, or range. L200s are what my avatar is.

 

[cob201]

Get a photograph with the dorsal fin erect, so the number of fin rays can be counted, this makes ID easier.

Conrad

 

[davo]

L numbers are a list of plecos that came about via DATZ magazine in order to ID plecos that did not have scientific names and so create a universal common name. This one won't likely have an L number, but is a nice "common".

 

[COL]

No need to count rays- it's a hypostomus. Which one, I'm not sure. Doesn't look like a cochliodon complex fish, but check the mouth just in case.

 

[T time]

I agree, what he means by checking the teeth is if the fish has "spoon" shaped teeth similar to a panaque then it be a fish in the cochliodon complex of hypostomus, with fish like Hypostomus soniae and L360.

 

[Lutt]

A spotted Hypostomus, that's a hard one
Maybe L166?

 

[BigTim15]

wow i wish i had the knowledge about plecos of you guys lol