I have had these beautiful Loricariidae (Plecos) for some time and I might have once known the specifics though I was hoping that someone might help identify them by name (Common & L#). I purchased these two at GWAPA Meeting (think from Jen though I might be totally mistaken). As an aside, I do love my Tiger Hillstream Loaches. Thank-you, in advance, for the help in identification,
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If they're from me they are from my spawns of a brown longfin bushynose ancistrus x red marble longfin gened bushynose ancistrus. Basically the common name is "longfinned bristlenose". Or some people call them "bushynose". Now so far as a specific "L" number...well...that's a tough question. The way I understand it is because the standard bushy/bristlenose variants are essentially unidentified because they are so common and the original locality is unknown and there has been sooooo much breeding/crossbreeding/selective breeding in the hobby. I believe it's still considered something like "Ancistrus sp(3)", but they may have renamed it by now. The longfin variety is a genetic mutation of the standard gene that has been specifically bred out through the years, as are the color variants (except of course for brown, which is the original/standard color form).
She did grow up to be quite lovely! I'm glad you're enjoying them!
Wow! Now that's an answer and then some... thetwo sisters(?) are beauties though I have no idea how to sex them except that they have not bred (to my knowledge) despite the fairly high level of fecundity among the other inhabitants. Of course, I am not sure that I have an adequate cave or tube-like space for them just dense plants... aw, well, then on to learning about sexing plecos - lol. Thank-you, for the answer and the fish,
You're in luck. Sexing bristlenoses is probably the easiest of all the plecos. Males get "tentacles" (bristles) that grow on their snouts and females don't. To be totally correct, the females *sometimes* get little stubby bristles, but nothing at all like the males. Here's a link to some good pictures on planet catfish... http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... cies_id=49
for the help in identification, 
To be totally correct, the females *sometimes* get little stubby bristles, but nothing at all like the males. Here's a link to some good pictures on planet catfish... 