[pleco_breeder]

Hello,

It is likely that the common types of bristlenose that are commercially bred, to include albino, red, common, dwarf, etc... are a mix of species that have been crossed from imports for years. L144 is actually a wild strain with a deep yellow and dark eyes and is also being added to this line of hybridization to create long fin types. The accepted name for these fish is Ancistrus sp. 3

The labeling of all tank strains as L144 was started by a sales site, Fosters & Smith, a couple years ago. This oversight by people that obviously don't know what they are talking about has caused all sorts of trouble with labeling as they are placing a number on a fish just to make it seem that it's something that it obviously is not.

Sorry for the rant, but I can't stand it when people go messing with L numbers like this. There's enough confusion amongst newbies to catfish as it is, and it doesn't need somebody else murking up the waters.

Larry Vires