Ismart120 Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Hi Anyone know the L number or specific species of this pleco? Bought off TM for 35 so figured it wasn't a bad deal either way http://imgur.com/a/0dmej Photos are iPad quality but haven't been able to find him since so thats all I've got sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Nice fish and a good price. Its a Hypancistrus: either a chocolate zebra (L270) or a Columbian zebra (Hypancistrus debilittera, L129). I would say its a L270 but Geoff is better at telling these two apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ismart120 Posted July 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Thanks for that - I had been thinking it looked like a 270 but don't have enough experience to really be sure. Whats the going price for one of those normally then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Around $40-60. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazyGeoff Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 L270 - chocolate zebra. There are a couple of ways to tell. A L129 is always a brown fish with yellow ish - white ish fine lines. A L270 could be a white ish - yellow ish fish with irregular brown patterns, or a brown fish with white ish - yellow ish mostly regular lines. The other way is to see if you could reasonably draw the lines thinner. Or you can wait 8 - 12 months and the L270 will be 6-8 cm and dark brown, the L129 will be 4-5 cm and light brown. The following two fish are about the same size and colour. side by side it is pretty obvious what I mean http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/image.php?species=hypancistrus_sp(l270)&image_id=3205 http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/image.php?species=hypancistrus_debilittera&image_id=2989 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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