Questions about my Placo

[Iffrat]

Any ideas on what he is? Sorry the pics are not the best... HE HATES THE CAMERA!!!!

 

[Juxtaroberto]

It looks like a common pleco to me. Hypostomus plecostomus.

 

[Iffrat]

his fins are so much larger then my other placo's and has a orange tint to him which is hard to see in the pics

 

[packer43064]

Just thought you should know that it's spelled pleco not placo. Your sig says it too, just a heads up. Plecostomus

 

[Iffrat]

teaches me to not pay attention and trust spell check in firefox

 

[Juxtaroberto]

When they're younger fish tend to look disproportionate. That's why baby arowanas look like 75% of their heads are eyes, but when they get old and rough their eyes look tiny.

It looks like H. plecostomus. Maybe you can post pictures of your other plecos... perhaps THOSE others aren't commons...

 

[dmopar74]

maybe a plecostomus/gibby hybrid.

 

[Zifiah]

Just a common L021...

 

[wingate2581]

When they're younger fish tend to look disproportionate. That's why baby arowanas look like 75% of their heads are eyes, but when they get old and rough their eyes look tiny.

It looks like H. plecostomus. Maybe you can post pictures of your other plecos... perhaps THOSE others aren't commons...

The fish in the pic I believe is an L-021 Pterygoplichthys Pardalis, known as the "common pleco". Hypostomus plecostomus is also known as a "common" but they only have 8 dorsal rays, where pterygoplichthys sp. will have 11 or more. Also most all "commons" you come across anymore tend to be pterygoplichthys sp.

 

[rasa92re]

that looks EXACTLY like my pleco. It's 100% a common