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==What is a Pleco?== | ==What is a Pleco?== | ||
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The word Pleco was short for Plecostomus, a collective group (genus) of catfish. However over the years fish which were originally in this group have been extensively renamed and are no longer in this group. But fish keepers still call them under this name. | The word Pleco was short for Plecostomus, a collective group (genus) of catfish. However over the years fish which were originally in this group have been extensively renamed and are no longer in this group. But fish keepers still call them under this name. | ||
==Plecostomus Catfish== | ==Plecostomus Catfish== | ||
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There are over 1,000 species of suckermouth armoured catfishes, with new species still being discovered and reclassified month by month. | There are over 1,000 species of suckermouth armoured catfishes, with new species still being discovered and reclassified month by month. | ||