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im looking for the latin on this ""Royal farrowella cat". it was a drop off at the store i work at and im captivated by him. i was looking to find more info on him but cant figure out what he is. any help would greatly be apprecated!




thanks
nick

They are not farowellas despite the common name "royal farowella cat"

They are a Sturisoma species. I don't know which one. There aren't that many known Sturisoma species and some haven't been described yet.

They are a Loricarid catfish (Pleco family)

Farowellas would be the whiptails which would literally look like a lamprey with a long nose.

Here's a link to planet catfish and what they have for Sturisoma.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/genus.php?genus_id=102#1122

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