Difference between tiger and clown plecos?

[angelcraze]

I can't seem to find a definitive answer to this, how can you tell the difference between the tiger pleco (L002) and the clown pleco (L104) ??  I know all these plecos are very similar, but is there a special way to differentiate?

[fischkopp]

It can be pretty tricky to ID plecos if you don't know their origin. You can try if these descriptions help:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=735
http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=734

Otherwise you can try these. I find them a bit more detailed, but you may have to use the Google translator:

http://www.l-welse.com/reviewpost/showproduct.php/product/11
http://www.l-welse.com/reviewpost/showproduct.php/product/116

Hope this helps.

[angelcraze]

Thanks, I found the planet.catfish links already, very good, but I didn't find the EU ones.  Thank you, I still am not sure, what I have, and LOL, google did a horrible job at translating for me, but thanks for the links.  Looks Like you can tell by the teeth?  Or ventral image?  Not sure about papilla.       

[Shawn84]

Sometime its very hard to tell between different type of pleco. Your best bet is to take a picture of the  pleco from different angle and posted up on pleco site like canadapleco or planetcatfish and ask an expert to help you identified it.

[angelcraze]

I didn't hear of canadapleco before, thanks.