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I picked up two Rineloricarias labelled as "Loricaria Lanceolatas". Just wanted someone to confirm the ID as Rineloricaria lanceolata? Thanks!

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I'm not too good at identifying Loricariids, but that's definitely not a Rineloricaria lanceolata. It kind of just looks like regular old Rineloricaria fallax to me, but there are a few other species that look similar (and I can't really tell the difference between them).

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

R. eigenmanni. Both fallax and lanceolata, contrary to popular belief, are rather infrequent imports, and 9 times out of ten, any rineloricaria purchased at an LFS is going to be R. eigenmanni. Though, with a range extending through all the popular llanos collection sites, who can blame them?

Doesn't Rineloricaria eigenmanni have barring on the underside of its caudal peduncle? The fish pictured does not appear to have any significant ventral pigmentation.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

Doubtful; it depends greatly on the catching locailty and the condition of the fish; there is definitely striping there. How dark it is remains to be seen, as the fish is obivisouly greatly stressed. I actually had an in depth discussion on the variation of the species in question with Shane Linder, who conceded that, as with all other loricariines (whiptails), color change is eminent amongst rineloricaria (though nothing in comparison, with, say, pseudohemiodon, or the better known chameleons of the subfamily). Facial and fin markings are a far better for identification, as they tend to fade away less noticably as opposed to those along the flank.

Several of the fish originally classified as various "Panara [insert numeral]" were group together under r. eigenmanni, not all of which bear strong transverse markings.

Thanks for the id!