Which Rineloricaria sp.

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Which Rineloricaria sp.

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Hello friends,
Can you all help me confirm that this pair of fish is ?

Asking for a friend and honestly i am not confident. No collection location or origin provided.
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Re: Which Rineloricaria sp.

Post by Fallen_Leaves16 »

They look more like to me, but I'm far from an expert on the smaller whiptails. Does look like a pair, though.
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Post by bekateen »

Looks like eigenmanni to me too. Flip them over and look for black lines rubbing along the underbelly at its edges

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