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Chocolate-colored Catfish

Rineloricaria lanceolata

The Chocolate-colored Catfish (Rineloricaria lanceolata) is a tropical freshwater fish of the family Loricariidae. It lives on the bottom. It grows to 12.3 cm (total length). The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern. In the aquarium it is kept at 25–28 °C.

Size: 12.3 cmtotal length
Temperature: 25–28 °C
pH: 6.0–8.0
Climate zone: Tropical

In the aquarium

Temperature25–28 °C

pH6.0–8.0

Hardness5–20 °dGH

In the wild

Water type: Freshwater
Climate zone: Tropical
Habitat: On the bottom
Aquarium trade: Traded commercially

Conservation status

Classification

OrderSiluriformes
FamilyLoricariidae
GenusRineloricaria
SpeciesRineloricaria lanceolata

Quick answers

Chocolate-colored Catfish size: how big does it get?: It grows to 12.3 cm (total length).
Chocolate-colored Catfish water parameters: what does it need?: Temperature 25–28 °C, pH 6.0–8.0, hardness 5–20 °dGH.
Chocolate-colored Catfish: is it endangered?: The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.