Hemiloricaria lanceolata • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Hemiloricaria lanceolata** (Günther, 1868)
Common Name(s)	Whiptail Catfish
Type Locality	Xeberos, upper Amazon R., Peru.
Synonym(s)	Loricaria lanceolata, Rineloricaria lanceolata
Etymology	This specific epithet literally means lance-like (lanceolata=lance-like, shaped like a lance).
Species Information
Size	95mm (3.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Several sources list this species distribution in South America as limited to the Upper Amazon River basin but this species has been recorded in many more locations, basically most of South America from the northern and upper Amazon Basin to Paraguay in the south. This is possibly because several similar species exist in this range. Amazon, Upper Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
pH	6.0 - 8.0
Temperature	25.0-28.0°C or 77-82.4°F (Show others within this range)
Other Parameters	dH 5-19.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Has been spawned, see the Shane's World article Spawning Hemiloricaria.
Further Information
References	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 4) v. 1 (no. 6) 477
Registered Keepers	(1) discuscat, (2) fmagnier, (3) CatBrat, (4) FuglyDragon (k: 2), who also notes: "Numerous spawns, fry difficult to raise. Try powdered spirulina and dither fish (sp3. or baby corys) Love shelled bolied peas", (5) AmLi (k: 2), (6) chillired, (7) Keithj (k: 5), who also notes: "This species spawns in tubes. The male takes possession and waits for a female to come to him, as with many Loriicaridae. Fry released from tube at 14 days, when the fry are about 8mm long. A very quiet, peaceful species. It is crepuscular/nocturnal. Mine take all normal types of proprietary food but relish live grindal and white worms and frozen bloodworms.", (8) kamas88, who also notes: "WC Peru", (9) kiwiplymouth (k: 15), (10) rodpam, (11) Steff_ (k: 5), (12) Acanthicus, (13) Firestorming (k: 2), (14) adcc (k: 3), (15) donpetty (k: 2), (16) Nimitz, (17) T4FR (k: 2), (18) nielsjansen. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Hemiloricaria lanceolata (Günther, 1868)

Common Name(s)

Whiptail Catfish

Type Locality

Xeberos, upper Amazon R., Peru.

Synonym(s)

Loricaria lanceolata, Rineloricaria lanceolata

Etymology

This specific epithet literally means lance-like (lanceolata=lance-like, shaped like a lance).

Species Information

Size

95mm (3.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Several sources list this species distribution in South America as limited to the Upper Amazon River basin but this species has been recorded in many more locations, basically most of South America from the northern and upper Amazon Basin to Paraguay in the south. This is possibly because several similar species exist in this range.
Amazon, Upper Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there)

(Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)

6.0 - 8.0

Temperature

25.0-28.0°C or 77-82.4°F (Show others within this range)

Other Parameters

dH 5-19.

Husbandry Information

Breeding

Has been spawned, see the Shane's World article Spawning Hemiloricaria.

Further Information

References

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 4) v. 1 (no. 6) 477

Registered Keepers

(1) discuscat, (2) fmagnier, (3) CatBrat, (4) FuglyDragon (k: 2), who also notes: "Numerous spawns, fry difficult to raise. Try powdered spirulina and dither fish (sp3. or baby corys) Love shelled bolied peas", (5) AmLi (k: 2), (6) chillired, (7) Keithj (k: 5), who also notes: "This species spawns in tubes. The male takes possession and waits for a female to come to him, as with many Loriicaridae. Fry released from tube at 14 days, when the fry are about 8mm long. A very quiet, peaceful species. It is crepuscular/nocturnal. Mine take all normal types of proprietary food but relish live grindal and white worms and frozen bloodworms.", (8) kamas88, who also notes: "WC Peru", (9) kiwiplymouth (k: 15), (10) rodpam, (11) Steff_ (k: 5), (12) Acanthicus, (13) Firestorming (k: 2), (14) adcc (k: 3), (15) donpetty (k: 2), (16) Nimitz, (17) T4FR (k: 2), (18) nielsjansen.

Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.

Breeding Reports

None.