Is this the same as pleco? https://upic.me/i/rx/12523023_953702004719046_6785948954509218246_n.jpg and does it eat algae? Does otocinclus catfish e

[Nuttawet]

Is this the same as pleco? https://upic.me/i/rx/12523023_953702004719046_6785948954509218246_n.jpg and does it eat algae?

Does otocinclus catfish eat algae like pleco?

 

[TwoTankAmin]

That fish in the linked pic is a hillstream loach. It is not a pleco of any sort.

From PlanetCatfish.com

Loricariidae

Hypoptopomatinae

The genus Otocinclus

Size	Smallest 24mm, largest 55mm, average 34mm, most commonly 33mm. All SL.
Species	There are 22 "species" in the database

Pics of the 22 here https://www.planetcatfish.com/commo...amily_id_url=4&genus_id_url=49&distr_id_url=0

"Plecos" are also from the family Loricaiidae as are Otocinclus which are considered to be the smallest "plecos" but they are a different gener than what ware considered to be plecos.. SL (Standard length) measurements do not count the tail. When the tail is counted, that is called Total Length (TL).

Otos eat some types of algae and diatoms. However, many plecos eat meat , some eat wood, some are Aufwuchs feedersand some eat algae.

Pleco is short for plecostomous which is from the suckermouth armored catfish Hypostomus plecostomus. Pleco is not a scientific term. It has become the catch-all term for the sucker-mouth armored catfish. What we call plecos mostly come from the Loricariidae

Hypostominae and then some 110 species https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/family.php?subfamily_id=85