What whiptail is this?

[TopAz]

Hello. I am looking for help to identify this species.


They were simply sold as whiptails, being cheaper than the royal whiptails i thought i would buy them and see how they went.
3 years later i still have them both, and still have no clue what they are.

Any ideas?

[MatsP]

Looks like a

Rineloricaria

- which species is pretty hard to say - the most common one is

Rineloricaria eigenmanni

, but they are quite hard to tell apart, as they tend to change colours at the drop of a hat, and other identifying features aren't easily determined.

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Mats

[apistomaster]

It is very light colored but in shape it resembles

Rineloricaria lanceolata

. One photo on the profile page show a light colored specimen.
Color and patterns vary but it has that "almost Sturisoma" look that R. lanceolata have.

[Jon]

for me, this is not the best angle to ID rineloricaria-ish species. Although, given your locality, it could very well be LG-6.

[Karsten S.]

Hi,

I think Jon is right.
In the first pic it looks like as if it has two filaments in the dorsal fin. This would exclude Rineloricaria/Hemiloricaria.
In this case it is almost for sure LG 6 which in fact is somehow similar to H. lanceolata in appearance.

Cheers,

[MatsP]

Hi,

I think Jon is right.
In the first pic it looks like as if it has two filaments in the dorsal fin. This would exclude Rineloricaria/Hemiloricaria.
In this case it is almost for sure LG 6 which in fact is somehow similar to H. lanceolata in appearance.

Cheers,

I think you mean caudal (tail) fin has two filaments.

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Mats

[Karsten S.]

Hi Mats,

right.

Cheers,

[TopAz]

Thankyou for your help. here is another couple of pics to help try and decipher what it is

[Karsten S.]

Hi,

now I'm sure, this is LG 6.

Here a pic of one of mine:


Cheers,

[TopAz]

Sturisoma foerschi thanks for all the help

[Karsten S.]

Hi,

a species with the name Sturisoma foerscheri does not exist, this is just a usual trade name for LG 6.
Your fish is 1000% no Sturisoma.

Cheers,

[racoll]

This does look like LG6 (

Loricariinae sp(1)

), although I think the same fish is referred to as LG4 in Wels Atlas I?

Sturisoma foerschi thanks for all the help

The name "Sturisoma foerschi" should be discouraged from common usage, as it is a nomen nudem, a non-existent species name.

[Karsten S.]

Hi,

right.
It depends on your edition, in the first edition of Welsatlas I this genus is LG 6 and in the second edition it's LG 4.
But most people know this species under the name LG 6.

Cheers,