Chocolate-colored catfish
Rineloricaria lanceolata
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An Amazonian whiptail catfish from sandy bottoms with leaf litter that eats surface biofilm and small invertebrates. Peaceful, it is common in the hobby and breeds readily.
- Scientific name
- Rineloricaria lanceolata
- Family
- Loricariidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Synonyms
- Hemiloricaria lanceolata, Loricaria lanceolata
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 25–28 °C
- pH
- 6–8
- General hardness (GH)
- 5–20 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 9.5 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Swimming level
- Bottom
Care
- Care difficulty
- Easy
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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