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Hard to see without your code but I assume you are trying to subscribe using the pcl::pointcloud message type?

One generally uses the sensor_msg::PointCloud2 message type for communication then converts it to and from the pcl type using pcl::toROSMsg(...) and pcl::fromROSMsg(...).

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