Identity of algae eater?

[Cillana]

I went to my favorite lfs yesterday to get some otos and saw a strange looking fish in one of their show tanks. It was in some african cichlids in a very nice tall eclipse tank. At first I thought it was a common pleco because of it's brown coloration. But after closer inspection I realized it had the body shape of algae eaters in the cyprinid family. It had a darker mottled stripe on it's sides like CAEs. Could this be a specially bred color morph like golden CAEs? It was so fat and cute! I wanted to take it home with me. ;D

 

[ryanp15]

Did you try and ask the employees ??? ;D He sounds really neat. ;D

 

[Cillana]

no, the fish expert wasn't there at the time. I'll ask next time I go.

 

[Somonas]

Could be a synodontis multipunctatus - but they don't really resemble Plecos or other Loricaridae species.

check out http://www.planetcatfish.com for more info on catfish. perhaps you will find a pic.

 

[Matt Nace]

I could almost bet it was a False SAE. Mine is a fat cutie that does an awesome job...grab him!!

see if he looks like the second pic
http://www.thekrib.com/Fish/Algae-Eaters/

 

[Cillana]

No, it didn't have that light stripe above the dark one and the dark stripe was mottled. It looked like a CAE but they had some there and this one was darker. It wasn't for sale anyway.

 

[tabby360]

i got one of those there sucking loaches