NB>      Thanks for the info, I had no idea that the Leopard got to that
NB> size! the tank he is in is only 15"  I will have to re-
NB> house him/her before it gets that big. As regards the aggresiveness I
NB> have seen him having a go at the Peckoltia Angelicus but as yet not the
NB> Zebra. Once again many thanks,
Depends, my books say the leopard grows to about 5 inches but by the FAQ
I have there are over a hundred latin names for different plecos.
Even the experts are still burning the midnight oil, trying to see what
names are dupes for the same fish and which ones are really different
fish.
So a 15 inch leopard may be a close relative to what normally is know as
the leopard.
Jim
An example of just some of the pleco names, to part way through the H's
The following is a list of the loricariid species of which I found some sort
documentation or reference.  The number in parentheses indicates number
of species in that genus (if known).
 ( ) - Acanthicus adonis [satan (lyretail) pleco] - /b/
     - Acanthicus hystrix! [black satan pleco] - Ucayali, Huallaga, Maran~on
          Ecuador & Brazilian Amazon - /b/
 ( ) - Ancistrus brevipinnis
     - Ancistrus bufonis! - Ucayali, Huallaga, Maran~on Ecuador & La Plata
Basin
          (Paraguay and Bolivia) & Rios Perene, Tarma Chanchomayo
     - Ancistrus chagresi
     - Ancistrus cirrhosus - Paraguay-Arroyo Corriente (! = Ucayali,
Huallaga,
          and Maran~on Ecuador & Brazilian Amazon & La Plata Basin (Paraguay
          and Bolivia) & Atlantic coastal streams & Guianas)
     - Ancistrus clementinae+ - Rio Cementina and Rio Valpan in Ecuador
     - Ancistrus dolichopterus
     - Ancistrus hoplogenys! - Ucayali, Huallaga, and Maran~on Ecuador & La
          Plata Basin (Paraguay and Bolivia) - /b/
     - Ancistrus lineolatus
     - Ancistrus occloi! - Middle & Upper Urubamba River
     - Ancistrus spinosus - Rio Frijoles, Panama - 23'C-25'C - rocky
substrate
     - Ancistrus tamboensis - /b/
     - Ancistrus temminckii! - Rio Pichis & Ucayali, Huallaga, and Maran~on
          Ecuador & Brazilian Amazon & Guianas - /b/
 ( ) - Canthopomus agassizii! - Lake Manacapuru to Rio Huallaga
(15+)- Chaetostomus aequinoctialis+ - Guayas basin of western Ecuador
     - Chaetostoma branickii! - Rio Huambo, Totora
     - Chaetostoma brevis - Peru-Balsas (! = Alto Maran~on)
     - Chaetpstomus demorhynchus+ - Rios Daule and Vinces of the Guayas basin
          and the upper Amazone drainage in Napo-Pastaza province, Ecuador
     - Chaetostoma fischeri - Rio Frijoles, Panama (+ = Ecuador) -
23'C-25'C -
          prefers very fast flowing water with rocky substrate
     - Chaetostoma lineopunctata! - Rio Pichis
     - Chaetostoma maculata! - Peruvian Andes
     - Chaetostomus magrinatus+ - from Rios San Juan and Patia in Colombia
          southward to Rio Santiago drainage in western Ecuador
     - Chaetostoma marmorescens! - Alto Huallago
     - Chaetostoma microps! - Rio Huambo, Totora (+ = Ecuador)
     - Chaetostoma mollinasa! - Alto Maran~on
     - Chaetostoma taczanowskii! - Rio Huambo, Totora & Alto Huallago
     - Chaetostoma thomasi - /b/
     - Chaetostoma wuchereri - /b/
 ( ) - Cochliodon cochliodon - /b/
     - Cochliodon hondae
 ( ) - Cteniloricaria sp.
 ( ) - Eurycheilus pantherinus
 ( ) - Farlowella acus - /b/
     - Farlowella amazona! - Ucayali, Huallaga, and Marna~on Ecuador &
          Brazilian Amazon
     - Farlowella gracillis - /b/
     - Farlowella kneri! - Ucayali, Huallaga, and Maran~on Ecuador & La
Plata
          Basin (Paraguay and Bolivia)
 ( ) - Glyptoperichthys gibbiceps
 ( ) - Harttia kronei
(7+) - Hemiancistrus annectens+ - Rio Patia drainage in Colombia southward
to
          Rio Durango in northwestern Ecuador - prefers rocky bottom areas
          with swift currents
     - Hemiancistrus hammerlundi+ - Rio Bogota, Parroquia, Ecuador - prefers
          rocky bottom areas with swift currents
     - Hemiancistrus landoni+ - Guayas basin of western Ecuador - prefers
rocky
          river bottom areas with swift currents
     - Hemiancistrus mayoloi - Colombia
     - Hemiancistrus daguae - Colombia
 ( ) - Hemiodontichthys acipenserinus! - Ucayali, Huallaga, and Maran~on
          Ecuador & Brazilian Amazon & La Plata Basin (Paraguay and Bolivia)
          - /b/
 ( ) - Hypancistrus* zebra [zebra pleco]
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