Vampire Pleco, differences between 241, 240 and 007?

[lmt6600]

Whats the difference between L240, 241 and L007?

I bought two vampire plecos from same supplier on two separate times. I just observed today that one pleco have smaller dots on the head area and the dots gets bigger as it gets towards the tail. The other pleco have same even dots throughout which are larger than the other one.

Tough to take pics.

 

[in2cichlids]

The L240 has the biggest mouth out of the 3 the L007 has a "small bristles" on the very tip of the nose wich fold under to the mouth. Like you top right pic looks like a L007 but would need a pic of him sucking on the glass to tell for sure.Also on a L240 thier spots are pretty bold and white and well defined (like your top left pic) ,on the L241 it seems to be kinda the opposite not that bold of spots and could be yellowish and not have a pattern at all. Hopefully this helps some.

 

[jamosfish]

L240 may turn out to be the same as L007 just found further north in Venezeula. L241 tend to be flatter in appearance and spots are more spaced out in comparison.