What kind of pleco is this???

[rkc772]

i saw this pleco in google...

http://www.rva.ne.jp/pleco/jpg/queen_imperial_zebra/queen_imperial_zebra1541.jpg

what type of pleco is this... anybody have it??? for sale???

 

[toxicfish]

I dont know but this one is bad *** too

http://www.rva.ne.jp/pleco/21928.htm

 

[toxicfish]

oops

 

[ogre929]

looks kinda like a scribble.

 

[guppy]

Not a scribble. It took a bit of looking and I still don't have a species name but it is the "Queen Imperial Zebra" Hypancistrus sp. (L236). It is from Rio Iriri, Para, Brazil.
This picture is from a German site www.transfish.de

 

[fishnutham]

http://www.rva.ne.jp/pleco/jpg/queen_imperial_zebra/queen_imperial_zebra1541.jpg

did you know it was a zebra pic the url has the name rkc772 or are you playing guess this plec?

 

[Nic]

hmm they are cool im kinda wanting one

 

[guppy]

I did not know for sure but have seen it recently, I knew it was a Hypancistrus like the one that just got banned from export in Brazil, from there I checked planetcatfish, found it's L# and did a google search from there for confirmation.

 

[fishnutham]

sorry guppy didnt mean you just thought the poster was goofing around because his link has the speices name in it

 

[guppy]

I didn't mind, I play the guess this fish games a lot but it does sort of explain my train of research.
I spent about a half an hour once looking for the name of a fish and only saw the name on the url when I decided to save the picture for later.