corrosionjerry Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 I am trying to find an information source on the different varieties of Bristlenose Pleco's .... so that I can determine the types that I have.... cant seen to find one of the varieties that I looks like a regular bristlenose only it has white tips on its tail fin.... Checked pleco fanatics and couple of other catfish sites.... just cant find a photo or identification of this pleco type... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BooUrns! Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 I am trying to find an information source on the different varieties of Bristlenose Pleco's .... so that I can determine the types that I have....cant seen to find one of the varieties that I looks like a regular bristlenose only it has white tips on its tail fin.... Checked pleco fanatics and couple of other catfish sites.... just cant find a photo or identification of this pleco type... If it has white tips on it's fins, it's probably Ancistrus sp.3, the common bristlenose. A lot of the smaller BN's we get at the auctions are labelled Ancistrus dolichopterus, they all seem to have the white tips but the exemplar pictured on planetcatfish.com has a complete white band on it's tail. I'm surprised that the ACE execs are not a little more selective about labelling of catfish species considering the fanatical interest in cichlid nomenclature they have. :smokey: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 The white tips/bands on all of my fish have disappeared as the fish age. I remeber when I first bought my original male breeder, about 7 years ago. It was labeled as "Bristlenose Pleco", but it had all kinds of lit spots and a white band on the tail. I asked what they were, and none of us were sure, so I thought I get some to see how they'd turn out. I bought 6 of them, and all of them turned to the typical black/dark brown BN. The last male eventually bred with a domestic female BN (again, sp name not known), and all of their kids had the spots and tail stripe. I am fairly sure that they're teminiki, tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BooUrns! Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 The white tips/bands on all of my fish have disappeared as the fish age. I remeber when I first bought my original male breeder, about 7 years ago. It was labeled as "Bristlenose Pleco", but it had all kinds of lit spots and a white band on the tail. I asked what they were, and none of us were sure, so I thought I get some to see how they'd turn out. I bought 6 of them, and all of them turned to the typical black/dark brown BN. The last male eventually bred with a domestic female BN (again, sp name not known), and all of their kids had the spots and tail stripe. I am fairly sure that they're teminiki, tho. The fish I have that are supposedly A.temnickii are much larger than any of my other BN types. Around 5-6" compared to the 3" common white tipped BN's. I was thinking that my temnickiis were also Ancistrus sp.3 but after comparing them to the planetcatfish exemplars, perhaps A.tamboensis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrosionjerry Posted February 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 I am trying to find an information source on the different varieties of Bristlenose Pleco's .... so that I can determine the types that I have....cant seen to find one of the varieties that I looks like a regular bristlenose only it has white tips on its tail fin.... Checked pleco fanatics and couple of other catfish sites.... just cant find a photo or identification of this pleco type... If it has white tips on it's fins, it's probably Ancistrus sp.3, the common bristlenose. A lot of the smaller BN's we get at the auctions are labelled Ancistrus dolichopterus, they all seem to have the white tips but the exemplar pictured on planetcatfish.com has a complete white band on it's tail. I'm surprised that the ACE execs are not a little more selective about labelling of catfish species considering the fanatical interest in cichlid nomenclature they have. :smokey: Good points boourns... however I think a lot of the Plecos are sold under the wrong L# or not listed at all when they are originally sold by LFS So the white tipped male I have is common?... the white tips are identical on the very tips of the tail fin of these two bristlenose I also have two other bristlenose that are of the same age aprox... look simular only their body color is more blotchy.... NO WHITE TIPS OR BANDING So Jason the ones I got from you .... were they the white tip commons? And the two without white tips are likely the Timmiiki ( ?) something simular to that ... cant remember now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrosionjerry Posted February 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 The white tips/bands on all of my fish have disappeared as the fish age. I remeber when I first bought my original male breeder, about 7 years ago. It was labeled as "Bristlenose Pleco", but it had all kinds of lit spots and a white band on the tail. I asked what they were, and none of us were sure, so I thought I get some to see how they'd turn out. I bought 6 of them, and all of them turned to the typical black/dark brown BN. The last male eventually bred with a domestic female BN (again, sp name not known), and all of their kids had the spots and tail stripe. I am fairly sure that they're teminiki, tho. two of mine dont have any bands Jason and two have white tips on the tailfin.... identical little triangles on each tailfin tip.... no bands on my other two they are lighter in color ... and blotchy no bands of white what so ever.... Pleco identification can be an ordeal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 I have found that identifying young plecos is near impossible. You'll likely have to wait a year or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrosionjerry Posted February 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 I have found that identifying young plecos is near impossible. You'll likely have to wait a year or so. These are all 1 year or older Jason... Think I purchased 2 from you last january.... The others are almost the same age... all about 3"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Interesting that the ones you got from me still have the white - none of mine do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrosionjerry Posted February 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 maybe the blotchy ones came from you.... are yours light brown and blotchy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 (edited) Mine are all dark - solid grey/brown. Of course, the sand is black and the back of the tank is painted black - may just be their camouflage. Edited February 7, 2008 by jvision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrosionjerry Posted February 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Mine are all dark - solid grey/brown. Of course, the sand is black and the back of the tank is painted black - may just be their camouflage. That is probably what it is then... my lighter blotchy looking plecos are in a well light unpainted tank.... they must of come from 3 I purchased from you... Its still bugging me about the two with the white triagular tips on their tail fin.... I will keep on looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BooUrns! Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 The blotchiness you refer to might be an indication of a 'piebald' variety lister under the sp.3. Two of my commons also have that blotchiness in a pattern on their dorsal side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 I have those and we just labeled them as silvertipped bristlenose. My male is about 4" and still have that white tip on the top tip of the tail and the dorsal. All the babies and sub-adults from him carrys the same silvertipped. I also know that there are regular bristlensoe without the white-tip. Big Al around here sells regular bristlenose $6.99 and silvertipped bristlenose for $14.99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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