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This species is very variable in colouration. More information on this species can be found in the Catfish Atlas Volume 1 as referenced. Reproduction: The Rineloricaria species are usually cave spawners, where the female will place their eggs after the male has cleaned inside. The male will then guard and fan the eggs until hatching. The eggs will hatch in 4-5 days whereas the male can now be removed. More breeding information can be found here in the articles breeding section. Reported as quite an easy species to keep and breed although it is prone to eating the eggs, so the eggs would need to be hatched separately. They can be bred in pipes in the aquarium with a 5-7cm diameter. Aquarium Care: An easy species to keep with no excessive demands on water parameters. Diet: Omnivore. Vegetable food such as cucumber and other various foods such as tablet, flake and frozen. Etymology: The specific name lanceolata: Lance-like, spear-like; armed with a pointed weapon.

Chocolate coloured catfish

Hemiloricaria lanceolata, Loricaria lanceolata

Loricariidae

South America: Peru, Upper Amazon River basin. Type locality: Xeberos.

13.0cm. (5ins)

22-29°c (71-85°f) (depending on origin)

6.0-7.2.

Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl 1985 Aquarien atlas. Band 2. Mergus, Verlag für Natur- und Heimtierkunde GmbH, Melle, Germany. 1216 p.
Evers, H.-G. & I.Seidel: Mergus, Baensch Catfish Atlas Volume 1, 1st English edn., 2005. Pp.944.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.