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loach43;961891; said:
Another quick note on Pterygoplichthys. They can be IDed pretty quick by counting the # of fin rays in the dorsal. More than 10 rays means that they are atleast in that genus. One nice thing is that juvies even posess this trait which is WONDERFUL, especially since it's often hard to figure out what your looking at based on coloration alone. There are soooo many shades, colors and patterns. Worse than that, these attributes change with growth. :nilly:

The 9+ dorsal rays differs from all hypostomines except Acanthicus, Chaetostoma, Delturus, and Upsilodus in usually having 10+ dorsal fin rays (rarely 9). Acanthicus differs from most Pterygoplichthys by having keels of large odontodes on the lateral plates. Pterygoplichthys differs from Delturus and Upsilodus by lacking a postdorsal ridge formed of three or more median, unpaired plates and by a fully plated (vs. naked) abdomen, and from Chaetostoma by having three (occasionally two) plates between the suprapreopercle and the exposed opercle (vs. one), an exposed nuchal plate (vs. covered by plates), an exposed spinelet (vs. covered by skin), and a fully plated abdomen (vs. naked).
 
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davo;962541; said:
The 9+ dorsal rays differs from all hypostomines except Acanthicus, Chaetostoma, Delturus, and Upsilodus in usually having 10+ dorsal fin rays (rarely 9). Acanthicus differs from most Pterygoplichthys by having keels of large odontodes on the lateral plates. Pterygoplichthys differs from Delturus and Upsilodus by lacking a postdorsal ridge formed of three or more median, unpaired plates and by a fully plated (vs. naked) abdomen, and from Chaetostoma by having three (occasionally two) plates between the suprapreopercle and the exposed opercle (vs. one), an exposed nuchal plate (vs. covered by plates), an exposed spinelet (vs. covered by skin), and a fully plated abdomen (vs. naked).

Nice info Davo:headbang2
Just goes to show that "you learn something new (or 20 new things) every day" lol. I believe that there is an "end all" id for pterygoplichthys which would be the lack of a particular 'flap' on the mouth(?).
Harder to see though since plecos don't necessarily hang out on the front of the glass when you want them too. Stupid uncooperative fish!

Ok, back to the pics!! Thought this was kind of a cool shot of my L013 blending in with the gravel & blackwater.

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tRiP;964270; said:
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loach43;964199; said:
Nice info Davo:headbang2
Just goes to show that "you learn something new (or 20 new things) every day" lol. I believe that there is an "end all" id for pterygoplichthys which would be the lack of a particular 'flap' on the mouth(?).
Harder to see though since plecos don't necessarily hang out on the front of the glass when you want them too. Stupid uncooperative fish!

Ok, back to the pics!! Thought this was kind of a cool shot of my L013 blending in with the gravel & blackwater.

Nice pics both!
 
loach43;964199;964199 said:
Nice info Davo:headbang2
Just goes to show that "you learn something new (or 20 new things) every day" lol. I believe that there is an "end all" id for pterygoplichthys which would be the lack of a particular 'flap' on the mouth(?).
Harder to see though since plecos don't necessarily hang out on the front of the glass when you want them too. Stupid uncooperative fish!

Ok, back to the pics!! Thought this was kind of a cool shot of my L013 blending in with the gravel & blackwater.
Looks great! Fun pleco to have.
 
WyldFya;969937; said:
Looks great! Fun pleco to have.

Thanks! I must say that this fish is the most abnoxious pleco I own. I named him "ass" because he will shred any other bottom dweller in the tank even if they are larger. Just fair warning to anyone who might be thinking of getting one although mine is a full grown male. A female might not be so brutal.
 
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