Can I suggest that we keep this thread to discuss the breeding of the fish Its uncommon that species of this group (whole Rineloricaria-group) spawn at a leaf. For spawn mostly they prefer long tubes with open ends. After hatching the fry feed brine shrimps and also small dry food. But they don't f...

Hi Mats, Now I am at home and so I can see the pictures. My last post where just some suggestions for the name "Loricaria filamentosa" without seeing the pictures at the office. I am very sure that this will be a Hemiloricaria species. But now it's impossible to say what species this could...

Hi, It would be a Hemiloricaria species, what ever - H.filamentosa / us a trade name - nothing more. Rineloricaria don't have long filamentous extensions. Dasyloricaria filamentosa is a cage brooder, with a size of more than 25cm. Lamontichthys filamentosus is a very nice, rare fish with extremely l...

Hi Håvard,

Thats great!
Good luck with them.
This species is one of my favourite L-Numbers.
I told Udo before he should breed them at last.
I keep my fingers crossed. Next year I would like to see the fry.

all the best
Norman

Hi, I will try to find out for you . Thanks a lot in advance! No one in Brazil likes to work with them as they are more sensetive than the normal L codes . A real shame as we collected them in all the main L code hotspots . I know about the sensitivity of the whole genus Spatuloricaria . I sold Jool...

Hi Jeroen, Hannes got the recipe from Dani Marörin, a nice guy of the Zoo in Basel. I know that Dani is always changing the ingredients for testing. This was the last information I got from him while my last visit. As I know next to some Banana he also uses powder of Spirulina and/or Chlorella algae...

Hi,

Okay, know I understand.

When do you import this great species from Peru, do you know where they are caught?

best regards
Norman

Hi,

There are 2 (undescribed) species of Spatuloricaria showing this high contrasting coloration.
One species come from Rio Xingú, Brazil, the other species is coming from Peru (but unfortunately don't know the direct location).
Spatuloricaria caquetae is quit differnt.

Norman

Hi Jools, hi Håvard,

I am looking forward seeing you tomorrow night.
I wish you a nice flight.

@Håvard: Best greetings to Erlend, Jørn and Ronny (if he will come).

all the best
Norman

Strong current? From what I've read and witnessed, these fish are more comfortable in calm water. Definately not! I breed 4 Pseudohemiodon and 2 Crossoloricaria species, so got a lot of experience with members of the whole Pseudohemiodon-Group. All the species I kept until now likes laying in stron...

Hi Jeff, A good mix that would be more natural would be about 80% sand, 15% medium gravel, and a few handfuls of larger gravel. Over this you could scatter some driftwood pieces to simulate fallen branches as well as handfulls of leaves. Shanes tip is very well. Just the leafs I would ignore. Pseudo...

Hi,

Thats right!
As I am informed rightly, there where no commercial exports of B.chauliodon until now.
Just B.macrodon was exportet once, some years ago.

best regards
Norman

Hi Mats,

MatsP wrote:if they were more common, there would be pictures in the Cat-eLog, or at least on the web somewhere

There are pictures of Brochiloricaria in the web!

best regards
Norman

It is Hemiloricaria eigenmanni.
You can recognize this species easily by its typical coloration of the fins.

best regards
Norman

Hi Jools, Both where in Venezuela and Colombia several times for fishing. They also know a lot of people who were in both countries. So they could collect a lot of firsthand information for spreading of species. I think it's a case of too many species and not enough descriptions. In fact thats right...

Hi Mats,

I know both authors and I know that both research precise (and have a lot of own experiences) for writing articles or even books.

Hi Larry,

I have no doubt that your specimen are S.aureum, but the shown specimen of Leucosticta is definitly S.festivum.

best regards
Norman

Hi Mats,

Why could this be wrong?
I don't think so!

best regards
Norman

Hi Larry, It may be right that there will be no export from Venezuela, but since a lot of years you will get thousands of breedings of S.festivum . There is no necessity for importing wildcaughts. A long time the most specimen was called S.aureum or S.panamense , but mostly you will find S.festivum ...

Hello,

I agree with Janne.
It is S.festivum in any case.
You can differenciate this species easily from S.aureum by the large fins of S.festivum.

best regards
Norman

Hi Birger, C.bahuaja is ideal for keeping. If they are breedings the specimen are less shy and you will see them often laying on the sand. Wildcaughts will bury themselbve deeply in the sand for the first month. Crossorloricaria species are faster in searching food than Pseudohemiodon . C.bahuaja is...

Hi Jools, I am sorry. I thought you mean the enlargment of the males lips like seen on Loricariichthys or Hemiodontichthys . The first phase I wrote was not correctly. There are little differences which are not very conspicuous. I never had seen such thickened maxilarbarbels like those of the male y...

Hi Jools, All Pseudohemiodon have no differences in the barbels of the mouth between both sexes. Just the males of Apistoloricaria species have elongated maxilarbarbels, but the other genera of the subtribe Planiloricariina doesn't have distinct differences of the mouth. I think you mean the genera ...

Hi Racoll, In my opinon the chapter about sexing is not complete. It is relatively easy to sex mature Pseudohemiodon and near related genera if you will have a look on the genital papilla. Females have a nearly round and short papilla compared to male specimen which have a longer and pointed papilla...

Hi,

Please change the ground from gravel to sand!
Species of the subtribe Planiloricariina including Planiloricaria cryptodon need imperative fine Sand to bury themselve. Otherwise your specimen will chafe what comes along with a bacterial infection.

best regards
Norman

Hi, Mats said rightly, your pictures are very unsharp. The only we can seen is that your specimen are not a Sturisoma species. By the round snouth and the large fins it is possible that you have LG6. A species which unite several attributes of Hemiloricaria and Sturisomatichthys and cannot assigned ...

Sorry, but with this pictures it is absolutely not possible identifying your whiptail accurately.
Take better pictures and we will see.

best regards
Norman

Hi Janne,

All the shown specimen (in the article and mine) are full grown! They just reach a size about 15cm.
The species is very similar to the description of Sturisomatichthys tamanae.

best regards
Norman

Hi Janne,

The specimen on the picture is a breed of Mike Hemmann (Article in German ) and has several differences to Sturisoma species.
I keept the species a long time.

best regards
Norman

Hi Janne, In the last years I have seen a lot of small differences in coloration and shapes within the species S.festivum . S.aureum seems to have a relative constant pattern. All specimen I have seen (including yours) have always this brocken pattern. The fist specimen on my photos is a female(!) S...

Hi Janne, The dark and wide pattern on each side from the snout to the dorsalfin is straight at S. festivum and at S. aureum it's broken exactly in the same way as the picture from Tom/Thomas. I don't think so! My large specimen of S.festivum with very large fins and very long filaments on all fins ...