Plecostomus, pleco, or plec refers to several species of freshwater

loricariid Loricariidae is the largest family of catfish (order Siluriformes), with over 90 genera and just over 680 species. Loricariids originate from freshwater habitats of Costa Rica, Panama, and tropical and subtropical South America. These fish are no ...

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Hypostomus plecostomus ''Hypostomus plecostomus'', also known as the suckermouth catfish or common pleco, is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Loricariidae, armored catfish family (Loricariidae), named for the longitudinal rows of armour (anatomy), armor-lik ...

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Hypostomus punctatus ''Hypostomus punctatus'', the suckermouthed catfish, is a tropical fish belonging to the armored suckermouth catfish family, Loricariidae. ''Hypostomus punctatus'' is a freshwater fish native to South America, in the coastal drainages of southeas ...

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Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus ''Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus'' is one of several tropical fish commonly known as Orinoco sailfin catfish, plecostomus (or plecos). It belongs to the armored catfish family (Loricariidae). Named for its sail-like dorsal fin, the part of its sc ...

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Pterygoplichthys pardalis ''Pterygoplichthys pardalis'', the Amazon sailfin catfish, is a freshwater tropical fish in the armored catfish family (Loricariidae). It is one of a number of species commonly referred to as the common pleco or "leopard pleco" by aquarists.It c ...

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Pleco Software Pleco Software () provides an English and Chinese Dictionary application for iOS and Android devices. The Pleco Software company was founded in May 2000 by Michael Love when he was studying abroad in China. Having difficulty remembering charact ...

, an English–

Sinitic The Sinitic languages (), often synonymous with the Chinese languages, are a group of East Asian analytic languages that constitute a major branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. It is frequently proposed that there is a primary split be ...

dictionary application for iOS and Android devices, which uses the traditional Chinese character for "fish" (魚 ''yú'') in its icon.

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