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- From: pete@introl.com (Pete Ikusz)
- Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
- Subject: Re: [F] flying fox vs. pl*co
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- Date: 25 Jan 93 09:43:25 GMT
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- In article <erik.114.727989471@marge.phys.washington.edu> erik@marge.phys.washington.edu (Erik D. Olson) writes:
- >Pekoltia, Plecostomas, and Hypostomus are all members of the Loricaradae
- >family of catfish. Pekoltia and Hypostamus are distinct genus; I can never
- >figure out if Plecostamus is a genus or the species H. plecostamus. In
- >any case, they all get called plecos as common names. Pekoltia are smaller
- >than Hypostamus, and I've seen them as "clown pleco"'s in some local
- >places. No clue on ancestrus. Also no clue on how to spell any of the
- >above correctly!
- >
- > Erik
- Thanks for elightening me, it helped considerably.
-
- -Pete
-
- BTW: Does anyone have any recommendations for a brackish water bottom
- dweller or algae eater?
- (Just to round of my current grouping of
- fish: 5 Monos, 3 Archers, 5 Red Chromides)
-
- Thanks....
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- Pete Ikusz Introl Corporation pete@introl.com
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