Brad Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Hey all, Just picked up a pair of young plecos from the local pet store, about 2". Anyway, they were sold under the name "Zebra Plecostomus L-104". After doing a little research, we discovered that L-104 is, in fact, Panaque maccus, a clown variety, that looks vaguely similar to my zebra, but not quite. I discovered that zebras are in fact L-046, and the zebras I saw are kind of similar, but not entirely. Anyway, I'm wondering if it could be a different subspecies or perhaps a regional color variation. I will post pictures. Please give me your thoughts. Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1foxes Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 Hey all,Just picked up a pair of young plecos from the local pet store, about 2". Anyway, they were sold under the name "Zebra Plecostomus L-104". After doing a little research, we discovered that L-104 is, in fact, Panaque maccus, a clown variety, that looks vaguely similar to my zebra, but not quite. I discovered that zebras are in fact L-046, and the zebras I saw are kind of similar, but not entirely. Anyway, I'm wondering if it could be a different subspecies or perhaps a regional color variation. I will post pictures. Please give me your thoughts. Brad There is a huge difference between the true L046 zebra plecos and any other pleco, especially L104clowns. PlanetCatfish.com is best reference for pics. Real zebras are rare and you likely wont find one for sale for less than $400 apiece these days. It seems alot of people refer to a fish with stripes as 'zebra', but the real ones are absolutely unmistakable. There are no regional color variations with them, they only come from one place- the Rio Xingu Brazil, and and export ban on them has been in place for a number of years, making them very hard to come by. The L046 is a hypancistrus, the L104 is a panaque, very different species Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBrain Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 I would like to see some pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoban Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 Best resource I have found and as mentioned above for Cat's/Plec's is http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/index.php Great database with lots of ways to search, L#, Common Name, Latin etc etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 I brought in a few Columbian Zebra Plecos a while ago - they're fairly closely related to the True Zebra - the L# for the Columbians was L129. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrosionjerry Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 Another good site to Identify pleco's is called Pleco Fenatics.com True Zebras come at quite a cost.... I really like Plecos, its the hugh bio waste that deters me from really concentrating on plecos and other cats.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoban Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Agreed Plecofanatics.com is another awesome site, as is zebrapleco.com for more specific L046 info. I regularly "haunt" both sites Hell probably see me logged in all over as Zoban on different boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.