Show your Plecos Here !!
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heres the albino sailfin with his beautiful sailfin up...
and a body shot
and eating a ship...
and a better one of the chocolate...
and a body shot
and eating a ship...
and a better one of the chocolate...
It actually depends on the chocolate you are talking about. Many in the hobby are h. plecostomus. Also liposarcus pardalis is no longer the valid name; it is now pterygoplichthys pardalis. The chocolate pleco was originally listed as h. plecostomus, and now has been listed as an unknown pterygoplichthys species, but p. pardalis is not the species of this specific fish. Due to the lack of pattern in the 'chocolate' pleco, there has been no final designation to this species. There are a few others that also have gone by the name "chocolate pleco" including glyptoperichthys scrophus, or the rhino pleco in my area.
Dependng on which scientific circle you're looking to follow, liposarcus has been reinstated. Besides, it was always a synonym of pterygoplichthys to begin with, so either terminology is acceptable. Because of the far more widespread mass breeding of l. pardalis (scrophus and gibbis are also relatively common, though less so), almost all of the cases of albinism amongst "common" plecos are of said species. And, as T stated, dorsal hard rays say the fish belongs with pterygoplichthyi, not a hypostomini. In fact, there has not been a readily fixable strain of albino hypostomus for quite a while. Btw, where are you getting your information regarding the instating of an entirely, as of yet, undescribed pterygoplichthyiid as being what most people know as the albino (various forms) strain of both g. scrophus and l. pardalis? That is certainly news to me.
My Snowking Pleco, L# ? , aprox 9-10"(SL)/12-13"(TL), aprox age 1.5yrs.
Had to get rid of'im for fighting with my Oscar and too much NO3/feces.
Had to get rid of'im for fighting with my Oscar and too much NO3/feces.
