Pleco Indentification Please

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a lot of petsmarts sell the p. joselimaians and p. gibbiceps labeled as "hi fin spotted pleco". they are supposedly fairly common but i've never seen one at an lfs and had to order mine online from ****************.
 
jbarbaresi;4598158;4598158 said:
a lot of petsmarts sell the p. joselimaians and p. gibbiceps labeled as "hi fin spotted pleco". they are supposedly fairly common but i've never seen one at an lfs and had to order mine online from ****************.
Ohhhhhhh!!!! Yeah ok I've seen those at Petsmart. Thank you lol
 
KittyKatFish100;4598400; said:
Ohhhhhhh!!!! Yeah ok I've seen those at Petsmart. Thank you lol

if you get one from petsmart make sure you are getting a p. joselimaianus and not a p. gibbiceps, the gibbys can get as big as 24" or even bigger. petsmart sells both as hi fin spotted plecos but they are 2 completely different species.

p. joselimaianus

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p. gibbiceps

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