L182?

[anthonyh]

Anyone help with an I.D on this fish,thanks in advance.

 

[bigbird]

Hello,

Nice fish indeed. What size is it, looking at the gravel I would say still small.
The L182 or L120 has a yellow stripe on dorsal and tail fin, which your seems not to have. Any chance of a full side shot and top shot ? Ancistrus at a young age are hard to tell apart sometime as there are so many varieties. cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[anthonyh]

Hello,

Nice fish indeed. What size is it, looking at the gravel I would say still small.
The L182 or L120 has a yellow stripe on dorsal and tail fin, which your seems not to have. Any chance of a full side shot and top shot ? Ancistrus at a young age are hard to tell apart sometime as there are so many varieties. cheers jk :thumbup:

Hi there,thanks for the reply.The fish itself is close to 6 inches,its a rescent buy from a guy closing his tank down.There are no yellow or white seams on the tail or dorsal and the more i look in the aqualog book the more i am convinced its a L182.There are only seven or eight bristles on the edge of its lip so at this size i am presuming its a female

Regards Tony

 

[xingu]

Below is a male punctatus, not sure whether it is still alive, belonged to FFMKII on here, was the biggest Ancistrus I have ever seen, i just took the photo.

For me the pattern on the Pectoral is wrong for A. punctatus, looks more like sp Rio Ucayali to me with the rows of orangish spots

 

[Lornek8]

Below is a male punctatus, not sure whether it is still alive, belonged to FFMKII on here, was the biggest Ancistrus I have ever seen, i just took the photo.

For me the pattern on the Pectoral is wrong for A. punctatus, looks more like sp Rio Ucayali to me with the rows of orangish spots

That was my thoughts at first glance.

 

[xingu]

I have 3 sub adults, I think they are all female

 

[anthonyh]

Below is a male punctatus, not sure whether it is still alive, belonged to FFMKII on here, was the biggest Ancistrus I have ever seen, i just took the photo.

For me the pattern on the Pectoral is wrong for A. punctatus, looks more like sp Rio Ucayali to me with the rows of orangish spots

I see what you mean about the orangish spots on the pectoral fin especially the first ray,thanks for the input xingu