What type of pleco is this?

[cichlid-gal]

Can someone help with the ID of this guy?  He is in my 55G growout...seems different from my common pleco and highfin pleco.  Just wondering what he might be?

 

[Madness]

it looks like a common.  I have 5 commons and a sail fin and they all look different in color and pattern.  If you have any full body shots of it maybe I can tell a little better, but it looks like a common.

 

[cichlid-gal]

Thanks Madness...my other pics are blurry...will try again tomorrow to get a shot if I can.

 

[lloyd378]

Yeah I'd guess common too. I have two in my 125 and they look similar to this one. The rounded circles can also be seen on marble horn plecos but I remember that they are a more carmel brown color

 

[DMD123]

At a glance it looks to be a Leopard sailfin pleco (Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps)
http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=148

 

[cichlid-gal]

My big common male doesn't look like this one at all...he has no color...just grey and dark. This guy has so much color...maybe it's just age or the tank background.

 

[sgas]

Go to planetcatfish.com for all catfish species details and pictures/

 

[cichlid-gal]

Go to planetcatfish.com for all catfish species details and pictures/

There are hundreds there...I couldn't find it unless I spent hours looking for it and even then I'd probably be confused. C-Numbers, CW-Numbers, L-Numbers, LDA-Numbers, and about 30 families of them...I'm lost. Thought it was easier to ask.

 

[Madness]

Go to planetcatfish.com for all catfish species details and pictures/

There are hundreds there...I couldn't find it unless I spent hours looking for it and even then I'd probably be confused. C-Numbers, CW-Numbers, L-Numbers, LDA-Numbers, and about 30 families of them...I'm lost.  Thought it was easier to ask.

I agree. I frequent that site quite often, and I couldnt find any. Im still waiting for another pic.

 

[anthony]

I think it is a leopard pleco. I almost got one along time ago. I was told a leopard pleco but leopard sailfin might be correct. I'm not claiming to be anything close to an expert on plecos.

 

[iandraco]

looks like a sail fin to me. pretty one too.

 

[cichlid-gal]

Go to planetcatfish.com for all catfish species details and pictures/

There are hundreds there...I couldn't find it unless I spent hours looking for it and even then I'd probably be confused. C-Numbers, CW-Numbers, L-Numbers, LDA-Numbers, and about 30 families of them...I'm lost.  Thought it was easier to ask.

I agree. I frequent that site quite often, and I couldnt find any.  Im still waiting for another pic.  

I'll try to do that tomorrow Madness just too dang busy.

 

[CrazedAce]

How big is it? How long have you had it? What does it eat? What are the tank mates?

I have a common in my 30gal with my vics, and his patterns are red, probably from what I feed them. Try to get a shot of the dorsal fin up.