identify this fish?

[dudeofrude]

I bought this from my lfs purely because it interested me but for the life of me I cant remember what it was called? Can anyone enlighten me please?

 

[Homedog98]

It looks like a whiptail catfish.

 

[Esoteric Backbone]

Looks like a type of Pleco?

 

[dudeofrude]

Thanks homedog, that's what that said lol

 

[Homedog98]

Thanks homedog, that's what that said lol

No problem!

 

[hippy guy]

Whiptail pleco?

 

[Homedog98]

Whiptail pleco?

Whiptail catfish. Two different things lol. I don't think there's a such thing as a whiptail pleco.

 

[hippy guy]

I think there is... I could be wrong, but I swore I saw a "whiptail" pleco online, was like a bristlenose, but had a very long tail, just like that one in tthe pic..but again, I'm no expert by any means

 

[Homedog98]

I think there is... I could be wrong, but I swore I saw a "whiptail" pleco online, was like a bristlenose, but had a very long tail, just like that one in tthe pic..but again, I'm no expert by any means

Me neither... Well, it's one of the two lol. Or maybe they're two names for the same thing?

 

[hippy guy]

Google image search whiptail pleco, that looks just like yours, I also looked it up at some online stores, pretty sure their two different species

 

[allaboutfish]

nope it's just two different names for the same fish.

 

[hippy guy]

Thanks for clearing that up for us

 

[Demonknight]

sorry guys, I love whiptails but I believe that ones a banjo How to care for your new banjo catfish, Bunocephalus, with pictures

 

[hippy guy]

They look silly haha. Seems like an interesting fish, however, I gota wait till I can get a bigger tank, as mines full

 

[P.O.D.freak23]

yeah this not a whiptail pleco it's a banjo cat. I have one of these I transferred from a 10 gallon to my 46 gallon. There have been times I thought he/she was dead because it doesn't move very much during the day but its still alive after 7+ years.

 

[dudeofrude]

Now ok confused lol whats the difference between a whiptail and a banjo?

 

[Demonknight]

main thing is a whiptail will have a long tail where as the banjo doesn't..this is of course outside of differing families ect.
whiptail Rineloricaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

banjo Aspredinidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[dudeofrude]

Well looking at them side by side like that, id defiantly say mines a banjo cat. Thanks for the help guys

 

[Demonknight]

Np... I so want to get a few whiptails for my tank.