Loricariidae

Chocolate-colored catfish

Rineloricaria lanceolata

Twelve Point Three Centimeters Catfish of Colombian Waters

• Brown
• Tropical
• Upper river
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• South America
• Small
• Tropical fish

Rineloricaria lanceolata, commonly known as the chocolate-colored catfish or the chocolate whiptail catfish, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the mailed catfishes. This catfish has a wide distribution in the Amazon, Orinoco, Tocantins-Araguaia and Paraguay river basins and has also been recorded in the lower reaches of the Paraná River. It has been recorded from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.