Pleco L number?
- Thread starter ewurm
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ewurm said:
My answer is no. My LFS always is getting in plecos under the correct L number... most of the time i see the wrong ones. Suppliers aren't always going to comb the fish to make sure they are sending the right one. In fact I just had 4 L200 Green Phantoms ordered for me, and 1 was an L128, Blue Phantom. I can't count the number of times I've seen veiled Temminki plecs as Butterfly L046... anyone that has some experience with plecs knows that a green veiled bristlenose is a far shot from the ZEBRA L046. In short, most of the time the L number given to the fish is right, but not always is the right L number given to the right fish.
Ewurm,
I 've put it in another topic, but here it goes again. The L-numbers are a commercial form of identification for members of the family Loricariidae. Each L-# refers to a species, color morph or variant of plecos, be it scientifically described or not. There are some L-#s not even placed in a known Genus! It was created by germans, in the Datz magazine, if I'm not wrong. Each new pleco, whatever it is, get a L-# to make it easier to identify around the world. Some species have 2, even 4 or 5 L-numbers referring to color variants and/or juvie/ adult stages. Some L-#s refer to more than one species. The L-numbers makes the lifes of exporters/ importers/ sellers/ hobbyists a lot easier. Even some scientists use it as a guide.
Best regards.
Daniel.
I 've put it in another topic, but here it goes again. The L-numbers are a commercial form of identification for members of the family Loricariidae. Each L-# refers to a species, color morph or variant of plecos, be it scientifically described or not. There are some L-#s not even placed in a known Genus! It was created by germans, in the Datz magazine, if I'm not wrong. Each new pleco, whatever it is, get a L-# to make it easier to identify around the world. Some species have 2, even 4 or 5 L-numbers referring to color variants and/or juvie/ adult stages. Some L-#s refer to more than one species. The L-numbers makes the lifes of exporters/ importers/ sellers/ hobbyists a lot easier. Even some scientists use it as a guide.
Best regards.
Daniel.
