Royal whiptails?

[bigfrogs]

I bought 2 fish from a local fish shop as royal whiptails a while ago and while doing some internet research have come to the conclusion that shops sell a few species as royal whiptail.
I have attached a photo of the male so hopefully some one can give me proper name for these lovely fish.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
Looks like it might be Hemiloricaria lanceolata, but that is purely a guess you would need to find somebody who knows what they are looking at.

cheers Darrel

 

[bigfrogs]

Cheer Darrel,I know what you mean,theres so many that look similar:wb:

 

[scatz]

It could be a young sturisoma, but a few more pics of it out in the open would help

 

[bigfrogs]

Cheers scatz,Will try but they seem to know when youve got the camera out:wb:

 

[scatz]

Cheers scatz,Will try but they seem to know when youve got the camera out:wb:

yup, i know that feeling well

 

[macvsog23]

I would go with Hemiloricaria lanceolata,

 

[bigfrogs]

I hope these pic's are better,the bottom one is the female,I think

 

[bigfrogs]

A couple more

 

[macvsog23]

99% sure it is Hemiloricaria lanceolata, This is a fantastic fish quite easy to spawn well it must be it was one of the first I had any luck with. males develop the characteristic "beard" lay the eggs in a tube male tends to then feeding is as with most whips a pain they seem to want to have food very close to were they are.
A very interesting fish and one that is cheap to buy.

 

[scatz]

yup, i'd go with mac and dw's i.d

 

[bigfrogs]

Cheer's guys