"Bushy" nose pleco my son picked out...

[jwcarlson]

This is what happens when you let your kids pick fish... 😃

[Lots Of Loaches]

Great looking fish kid! What’s it’s name?

[jwcarlson]

No name, they actually call it Loach 😄  "Graham's Loach"  The two oldest are 9 and 7, you'd think they'd get it figured out. haha

It is a good looking fish, but in a tank of dozens of wild looking fellas he wanted this one. *shrug*  I thought maybe it would grow a bit more nose gear, but it's been months now so that's not going to happen!  

[Tazalanche]

While most ancistrus males have their barbels start to show up within the first six months, it can take up to a year before a male gets some serious "bushies" going.

That being said, a female might end up with a few along the edge of the lip, &/or straight up the middle, toward the eyes.

Edited September 11, 2022 by Tazalanche

[lefty o]

looks more like a rubber lip pleco to me.

[jwcarlson]

Just to be clear, it does have one single barbel.  My understanding is that females have less than males?  

I guess it could be a rubber lip pleco, wouldn't be the first mislabeled fish from LFS.