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Mike D
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PostSubject: New fish!   New fish! EmptyTue Feb 17, 2009 9:31 pm
So today I bought a butterfly "pleco" at my LFS. I'm using quotations because that LFS miss Lables everything and I'm thinking it was a butterfly loach. Well I get it home and start examining it and now I'm doubting that it's a loach. I compared it to both pleco and loach and I'm seeing simalarities in both species. I couldnt take a pic because he is so small and blends in with the gravel. Could someone point me in the right direction so I can ID him? Thank you.
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PostSubject: Re: New fish!   New fish! EmptyTue Feb 17, 2009 9:53 pm
Nice pick up. I can't help with out a pic...sorry
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PostSubject: Re: New fish!   New fish! EmptyTue Feb 17, 2009 10:41 pm
The L168 is called a butterfly pleco.

Does it look like this?
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/image.php?image_id=2202
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PostSubject: Re: New fish!   New fish! EmptyWed Feb 18, 2009 12:08 am
Beaufortia kweichowensis.

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Mike D
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PostSubject: Re: New fish!   New fish! EmptyWed Feb 18, 2009 9:55 am
It looks more like the loach but it has stripes & spots
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PostSubject: Re: New fish!   New fish! EmptyWed Feb 18, 2009 1:29 pm
Look up Sewellia and Gastromyzon.

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Mike D
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PostSubject: Re: New fish!   New fish! EmptyWed Feb 18, 2009 2:01 pm
Looks like a Gastromyzon farragus. As soon as I find it I'll take a pic just to make sure.
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