In a message of 20 Jan 97 Rob Ragan wrote to Chris Phillips:
 ->> My fish store had several plecos, all brown or gray color--several ha
 ->> spots. They called all of them "comon plecos". I bought one about 2
 ->> inches long (not including tail). Now (about 3 months later) it is st
 ->> about 2 inches long. It is brown with many black spots.
 ->> Would you have any idea what species I have? I would like to get another
 ->> -- How can I be sure that I will get one that stays reasonabl small?
 RR> You may have what is known as an African Suckermouth (Chiloglanis
 RR> cameroonensis).  It is described as:
 RR> Dark, rather crudely defined bands on grey body; distinctively
 RR> elongated
 RR> Length 5cm (2 in.)
I highly doubt that the pleco in question is a Chiloglanis species. Those are 
quite rare in the hobby and thus quite pricey. The store I work at part time 
is quite large (300+ tanks) and gets in rarities quite often. hey have so far 
only been able to get in Chiloglanis cats once. Even then (2 years ago) they 
only could get 4 - selling price was close to $20 each. I grabbed 2 
immediately as I'm into oddball small cats. According to the 
books,Chiloglanis are rather touchy in captivity and most don't make it.
If the price paid was only a couple of bucks,it was one of the common plecos.
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