Venezuelan?

[kyle.mckay]

I just purchased this pleco from my lfs, and it was labled as a venezuelan tiger. It was fairly cheap so i picked it up. I cannot find anything on the web about this species so i am wondering what i actually got. Any ideas on what the name of this fish is, or the L# associated with it?

 

[Jason_S]

very cool looking pleco sorry, can't help with the ID though.

 

[Princley]

not sure but he looks a lil like L75

 

[drdpc]

nice one!

 

[kyle.mckay]

Thanks for the compliments. I have looked through 3 or 4 different L# listings and L 75 and 127 are the closest that i could find. I suppose it doesnt matter too much, but i would like to sedate my curiosities. Thanks again for the help.

 

[Jason_S]

can you get any closer, clearer shots of the plec. it's hard to tell from those pics but it doesn't look quite like an L75. have you checked out L147. I have a plec that looked like a clown pleco with spots on its head when it was really small, but as it's grown it looks a bit more like an L75 but without the crisp coloration of a real L75. the closest I've found to it was L147. Here are pics of my L75 on top and what I think might be an L147 on bottom.

 

[reefman]

looks like a urabaxi butterfly don't no the l #heres mine

 

[aquaoahu]

It's probably a L147. They're commonly found as contaminents in shipments of Clown Plecos (L104)

I bought mine at 2.5" long four months ago. The worker didn't know what it was and charged me just $1.95 for it. It's currently grown to 3.5"

Here's a photo of mine...

 

[Jason_S]

It's probably a L147. They're commonly found as contaminents in shipments of Clown Plecos (L104)

I bought mine at 2.5" long four months ago. The worker didn't know what it was and charged me just $1.95 for it. It's currently grown to 3.5"

Here's a photo of mine...

yours looks just like mine and that's also how I got mine...it was in a tank with a bunch of clown plecos. I happened to look close enough and notice the one with spots on his head and snatched it up for like $4-5.

 

[aquaoahu]

It shouldn't be too hard finding more of them. IMHO, they're more attractive than clown plecos with it's body having spots and then transitioning to stripes. I also heard that they're worth two-three times more than clown plecos. More reason to get more of them. Good luck w/ your pleco.