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Loricariidae (armored catfishes and suckermouth armored catfishes)

Wikipedia Abstract

Loricariidae is the largest family of catfish (order Siluriformes), with 92 genera and just over 680 species to date, with new species being described each year. Loricariids originate from freshwater habitats of Costa Rica, Panama, and tropical and subtropical South America. These fish are noted for the bony plates covering their bodies and their suckermouths. Several genera are sold as "plecos", notably the suckermouth catfish, Hypostomus plecostomus, and are popular as aquarium fish.
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Genus

Acanthicus (2)
Acestridium (Catfish) (7)
Ancistrus (antenna armored catfishes) (81)   (5)
Andeancistrus (2)
Aphanotorulus (Catfish) (3)
Apistoloricaria (4)
Aposturisoma (Catfish) (1)   (1)
Araichthys (1)
Baryancistrus (Catfish) (8)
Brochiloricaria (Catfish) (2)
Chaetostoma (51)   (8)
Chauliocheilos (1)
Cordylancistrus (Catfish) (8)   (1)
Corumbataia (8)   (2)
Corymbophanes (Catfish) (3)
Crossoloricaria (Catfish) (3)
Cryptancistrus (1)
Cteniloricaria (Whiptail catfish) (3)
Curculionichthys (14)
Dasyloricaria (Whiptail catfish) (6)
Dekeyseria (Twig catfish) (6)
Delturus (Catfish) (4)   (1)
Dentectus (Catfish) (1)
Dolichancistrus (Catfish) (6)   (1)
Epactionotus (5)
Etsaputu (1)
Eurycheilichthys (9)
Euryochus (1)
Exastilithoxus (Catfish) (2)
Farlowella (Catfish) (30)   (1)
Fonchiiichthys (2)
Fonchiiloricaria (1)
Furcodontichthys (Catfish) (1)
Guyanancistrus (6)   (2)
Gymnotocinclus (1)
Harttia (Catfish) (27)   (3)
Harttiella (Catfish) (7)
Hemiancistrus (Suckermouth catfish) (23)   (2)
Hemiodontichthys (Catfish) (1)
Hemipsilichthys (Catfish) (3)
Hirtella (1)
Hisonotus (35)   (1)
Hopliancistrus (5)   (1)
Hypancistrus (Catfish) (8)   (1)
Hypoptopoma (Catfish) (15)
Hypostomus (suckermouth catfishes) (167)   (1)
Isbrueckerichthys (Catfish) (5)   (1)
Isorineloricaria (Catfish) (2)
Ixinandria (Catfish) (1)
Kronichthys (Catfish) (3)
Lamontichthys (Catfish) (6)   (1)
Lampiella (1)
Lasiancistrus (Catfish) (6)
Leporacanthicus (Catfish) (4)
Leptoancistrus (Catfish) (2)
Leptotocinclus (2)
Limatulichthys (Catfish) (2)
Lipopterichthys (Catfish) (1)
Lithogenes (Catfish) (3)
Lithoxus (Catfish) (8)
Loraxichthys (1)
Loricaria (Catfish) (25)   (2)
Loricariichthys (Catfish) (19)
Macrotocinclus (1)
Megalancistrus (Catfish) (2)
Metaloricaria (Catfish) (2)
Micracanthicus (1)
Microlepidogaster (Smallscaled catfish) (9)
Microplecostomus (1)
Nannoplecostomus (1)
Nannoxyropsis (2)
Neblinichthys (Catfish) (6)
Neoplecostomus (Catfish) (19)   (2)
Niobichthys (1)
Oligancistrus (1)
Otocinclus (Catfish) (19)   (1)
Otothyris (Catfish) (4)   (1)
Otothyropsis (6)
Oxyropsis (4)
Panaqolus (Catfish) (12)   (1)
Panaque (Plecostomus) (7)
Paralithoxus (3)
Paraloricaria (Catfish) (3)
Parancistrus (Catfish) (2)
Pareiorhaphis (28)   (1)
Pareiorhina (Catfish) (7)
Parotocinclus (Catfish) (38)   (1)
Paulasquama (1)
Peckoltia (Catfish) (22)   (1)
Planiloricaria (Catfish) (1)
Plesioptopoma (1)   (1)
Pogonopoma (Catfish) (3)
Proloricaria (1)
Pseudacanthicus (Catfish) (8)
Pseudancistrus (22)
Pseudohemiodon (Catfish) (9)
Pseudolithoxus (6)
Pseudoloricaria (Catfish) (1)
Pseudorinelepis (Catfish) (1)
Pseudotocinclus (Catfish) (4)   (1)
Pseudotothyris (Catfish) (3)
Pterosturisoma (Catfish) (1)
Pterygoplichthys (Sailfin suckermouth catfish) (17)   (5)
Pyxiloricaria (Catfish) (1)
Reganella (Catfish) (1)
Rhadinoloricaria (Catfish) (5)
Rhinelepis (Catfish) (2)
Rhinolekos (4)
Ricola (Catfish) (1)
Rineloricaria (Whiptail catfish) (68)   (1)
Schizolecis (Catfish) (2)
Scobinancistrus (Catfish) (2)
Soromonichthys (1)
Spatuloricaria (Catfish) (13)
Spectracanthicus (Catfish) (5)
Squaliforma (12)
Sturisoma (Royal catfish) (11)
Sturisomatichthys (Royal catfish) (12)   (2)
Taubateia (1)
Transancistrus (3)
Yaluwak (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0