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Loricariidae


Loricariidae  This is the largest family with about 700 species and still growing with the onslaught of the L-Numbers.
Can be readily recognised with their overlapping plates covering the body and the downturned suckermouth. Some, but not all, relish a vegetarian diet.

 


COMMON NAMES
Scientific Names > Common Names  > Synonyms > Image Contributors

A
Acanthicus sp. aff. hystrix "Rio Branco"
Aligator otocinclus
Alligator Pleco
Albino Ancistrus
Albino Pleco
Albino Pleco
Amapa Peckoltia
Amazon twig catfish
Angelicus Pleco
Ancistrus cf. megalostomus
Ancistrus sp. "Gold Star"
Ancistrus sp. "Wabenmuster"
Apache whiptail catfish
Aripuana Galaxy Pleco
 
B
Banded pleco
Basilisk Pleco
Bearded catfish
Black-Nosed Sturisoma
Big White Spot Pleco
Big Spot Peckoltia
Black armored catfish
Black Oto
Black Otocinclus
Black Phantom Pleco
Black Spiny Ashiura Pleco
Blizzard Cactus Pleco
Blonde Bulldog Pleco
Bloodfin Bulldog Pleco
Blue-eyed Pleco  
Blue Eyed Red Fin Pleco
Blue Panaque
Blue Fin Panaque
Blue Fin Thresher Pleco
Blue phantom pleco
Blue-spotted pleco
Bola Pleco
Brilliant Bristlenose Pleco
Bristlemouth catfish
Bristly pine-cone pleco
Bristly whiptail catfish
Broadhead whiptail
Brook pleco
Brown-Dot  
Bulldog Catfish
Bulldog Pleco
Bumble Bee Otocinclus
Bumblebee Dwarf Pleco
Butterfly Pleco
 
C
Cactus Pleco  
Cactus Pleco
Candy Striped Peckoltia
Castro's whiptail catfish
Chaetostoma sp. ‘‘Rio Maicuru’’
Chaetostoma sp. "Río Meta"
Chaetostoma sp. "Rio Pisqui"
Chaetostoma sp.“Tiger”
Chaetostoma sp. "Tingo Red"
Chaetostoma sp. "Villavicencio I"
Chaetostoma sp. ‘‘Xingu’’
Chameleon Whiptail
Chocolate coloured catfish
Chocolate Pleco
Chubby pleco
Clown panaque
Clown Pleco
Coal pleco
Common Bristlenose Catfish
Common Bristlenose Catfish
Common Pleco
Common Pleco
Common Whiptail Catfish
Common Whiptail
Corroncho
Crosshair twig catfish
Crying whiptail
 
D
Demini pleco
Dull Eyed Royal Pleco
Dusky Panaque
Dusky Worm Line Peckoltia
Dwarf Panaque 
Dwarf Royal Twig Catfish
Dwarf Sucker Otocinclus  
Dwarf whiptail catfish
 
E
Elongated Whiptail Catfish
 
F
Fake Zebra Pleco 
False sucker
False Zebra Pleco
Firespot Cactus Pleco
Flash Pleco
Flat Head Dwarf Sucker  
Flat Head Dwarf Sucker  
Flathead Oto
Flat Head Pleco
Flounder Pleco
Flounder Pleco
Flyer Cat
Formoso Mainriver Bristlenose
Formoso Pleco
 
G
Galaxy Pleco
Giant Peruvian Marbled Whiptail
Giant Whiptail  
Giant Whiptail
Giant Whiptail Catfish
Giant White Spot Pleco
Gibby
Giraffe Peckoltia
Gold dust catfish
Gold-flecked sailfin plec
Gold Marble Bristlenose Catfish
Gold Nugget Pleco
Gold Nugget Pleco
Gold Pleco
Gold speckled bristlenose
Gold Spot Ancistrus
Gold Spot Dwarf Pleco
Gold Stripe Panaque
Gold Trim Panaque
Golden Cloud Pleco
Golden Heterodon  
Golden otocinclus
Goldie Pleco
Goldline Tiger Pleco
Green Oto
Green Phantom Pleco
Green Uruguay Dwarf Pleco
Green Whiptail Catfish
Grey Leporacanthicus
Grey-spotted sail-fin pleco
 
H
Hasemans whiptail catfish
Honeycomb Ancistrus
Honeycomb Bristlenose
Honycomb Pleco
Hypancistrus sp. "black phantasm"
Hypancistrus sp. "Brazil"
Hypancistrus sp. "Guaviare"
Hypancistrus sp.“Mimic"
Hypancistrus sp. "Rio Nhamunda"
Hypancistrus sp. "Rio Padauari"
Hypancistrus sp. "Rio Uatuma"
Hypostomus cf. cochliodon (L050)
Hypostomus cf. cochliodon
Hypostomus sp. 2
 
I
Imitator Sucker Catfish
Iquitos Tiger Pleco
 
J
Jacuhy Pleco
 
K
Kieser Pleco
King Tiger Pleco
Knob nosed Whiptail Catfish
Koko Pleco
 
L
L001
L002
L003
L004
L005
L006
L007
L008
L009
L010
L010a
L011
L012
L013
L014
L015
L016
L017
L018
L019
L020
L021
L022
L023
L024
L025
L026
L027
L027a
L027b
L028
L029
L030
L031
L032
L033
L034  
L035
L036
L037
L038
L039
L040
L041
L044
L046
L047
L048
L049
L050
L051
L052 (Dekeyseria picta)
L055
L056
L059
L060
L062
L063
L065  
L066
L067
L068
L070
L071
L072
L073
L074
L075
L076
L077
L079
L080
L081
L082
L083
L085
L087
L088
L089
L090
L091
L092
L093
L094
L095
L096
L097
L098
L099
L100
L102
L103
L104
L106
L107
L108
L110
L113
L114
L116
L120
L121
L123
L124
L127
L128
L129
L131
L134
L135
L136
L136a
L136b
L136c
L137
L138
L139
L140
L141
L142
L144
L146
L147
L151
L152
L153
L155
L157
L158
L159 (now Ancistrus luzia)
L160
L162
L163
L165
L167
L168
L169
L171
L172a
L172b
L173
L173b
L174
L177
L178
L180
L181
L182
L183
L184
L185
L186
L187
L187a
L187b
L189
L190
L191
L193
L194
L195
L199
L200
L200
L201
L202
L203
L204
L205
L206
L207
L208
L209
L212
L213
L215
L216
L219
L222
L224
L225
L226
L227
L228
L229
L231
L232
L233 (now H. hermanni)
L234
L235
L236
L238
L239  
L240
L241
L242
L243
L244
L246  
L249
L253
L254  
L255
L257
L259
L260
L261
L262
L263  
L264
L265  
L266
L267
L269
L270
L271
L273
L276  
L278  
L280
L281
L282
L286  
L287
L287
L288
L289
L294
L297
L299  
L301
L302
L304
L305
L306
L307
L309
L310
L311
L312  
L314
L315
L316
L318
L319
L320
L321
L322
L324
L329
L330
L333
L338
L339
L340
L341
L343
L344  
L349
L350
L351
L352
L354
L360
L360a
L361
L368
L370
L374
L375
L377
L380
L385
L387
L393
L395  
L397
L398
L399  
L400
L401
L403
L404
L407
L410
L411
L413
L416
L418
L424
L425
L426
L427
L430
L442
L443
L444
L445
L448
L450
L451
L452
L453
L455
L456
L457
L458
L460
L461
L462
L463
L464
L465
L466
L470
L471
L473
L474
L475
L476
L477
L479
L486
L492
L493
L494
L495
L496
L497
L498
L499
L500
L501
L502
L505
L509
L513
L514
L515
L517
L519
L520
L600
Lasiancistrus cf. caucanus
Leopard Cactus Pleco
Lemon Spotted Green Pleco
Leopard Acanthicus
Leopard Frog Pleco
Leopard Peckoltia
Leopard Pleco
Leporacanthicus cf. galaxias
LDA001
LDA002
LDA004
LDA005
LDA006
LDA007
LDA008
LDA009 (now H. hermanni)
LDA010
LDA015
LDA018
LDA019  
LDA020
LDA021
LDA022
LDA023
LDA025  
LDA026
LDA027
LDA028
LDA030
LDA031
LDA032
LDA033
LDA034
LDA038
LDA040
LDA042
LDA043
LDA045
LDA051
LDA053
LDA056
LDA057
LDA060
LDA061
LDA062
LDA064
LDA065
LDA067
LDA068
LDA071
LDA072
LDA073
LDA074
LDA075
LDA076
LDA077
LDA078
LDA079
LDA081
LDA084  
LDA086
LDA097
LDA105  
LG2
LG6
Long-lipped Whiptail Catfish
Long-Nosed Whiptail  
Long-tailed Sturisoma
Lucias Whiptail
Lyre Tail Pleco
 
M
Magnum Pleco
Marbled Xingu Whiptail
Medusa Pleco  
Mega Clown Pleco
Mosaic bristlenose  
Mosaic Halffin Pleco
Monte Dourado Pleco
Mustang Cactus Pleco
Mustang Cactus Pleco
 
N
Niger Otto
 
O
Opal Spot Pleco
Orange Cheek Pinecone Pleco
Orange Seam Pleco
Orange Spot Bristlenose
Orange Spot Pleco
Orinoco angel pleco
Orinoco dwarf Pleco
Orinoco Leopard Catfish  
Ozelot Pleco 
 
P
Panaqolus sp. "Iquitos"  
Panaqolus sp. "Peru 1"  
Panaqolus sp. "Rio Tigre"  
Panaqolus sp. "Stars and Stripes"  
Panaque sp. "Tapajós"
Papa Panaque
Para Pleco  
Para Tributory Leopard Frog
Paraguay Dwarf Sucker
Paraguay whiptail
Parnahyba Whiptail
Parotocinclus sp. "Peru"
Paru Zebra Peckoltia
Peckoltia cf. brevis
Peckoltia sp. "Rio Curua"
Peckoltia sp. "Rio Jari"
Peckoltia sp. "Rio Maicuru"
Peckoltia sp. "Rio Nhamunda"
Peckoltia sp. "Rio Uatumã"
Peckoltia sp. “Santarém”
Peckoltia "White Tiger"
Peppermint Pleco  
Peru Orange Longtail Panaque
Peru White Oto
Peruvian Lyre-tail pleco
Pine-cone pleco
Pineapple Pleco
Pitbull Pleco
Planquette's rapids pleco
Plec
Pleco
Plecostomus
Polka Dot Cactus Pleco
Polka Dot Lyre Tail Pleco
Prince Tiger Plec  
Pseudacanthicus sp. 'Alenquer'
Pseudolithoxus sp. "Rio Nhamunda"
Purus catfish
 
Q
Queen Arabesque  
 
R
Red Fin Lasiancistrus  
Red Fin Thresher Pleco
Red Lizard Cat
Reticulated pleco
Rhino Pleco
Ringlet Pleco
Robocop catfish
Royal Pleco
Royal Twig Catfish
Rubber pleco
Rusty Pleco
 
S
Sabaj´s leopard pleco
Sail fin Pleco
Santa Cruz Whiptail Catfish
Scarlet Pleco
Smallpox Oto
Snowflake Pleco
Snow King Panaque  
Snowking Pleco
Snowball Peckoltia
Southern Blackspotted Pleco
Southern Orange Spotted Pleco
Spiny Monster
Spring Water Bristlenose Pleco
Spoon Face Whiptail
Spotted Bulldog Pleco
Spotted cochliodon 
Spotted humpbacked pleco 
Spotted Medusa Pleco
Spotted Orange Seam Pleco
Spotted Peckoltia
Starlight Bristlenose Catfish
Starlight Bristlenose Pleco
Steindachner's Hypoptopoma
Suckermouth Catfish
Sultan pleco
Sunshine Pleco
Super Red Bristlenose  
 
T
Tachira Chaetostoma
Tadpole Bristlenose Catfish
Tefe whiptail catfish
Three Beacon Pleco
Three ray bristlenose catfish
Tiger flyer cat
Tiger dwarf Pleco
Tiger Pleco
Tiger Whiptail Catfish
Titanic Pleco
Tortoiseshell Ancistrus
Tuira's Whiptail
Twig Catfish  
Twig catfish
Twig Catfish
Typhoon Pleco
 
U
Urubaxi Butterfly Pleco
Uruguay Bristlenose
 
V
Vampire Plec
Variegatus cactus Pleco  
Vermiculated sailfin catfish
 
W
Watermelon Pleco
Whiptail Catfish
White-edged pleco  
White-spotted bristlenose catfish
Wolverine pleco
Woodeating Lasiancistrus
Worm Line Peckoltia
Wormline Peckoltia
 
Y
Yellow Ancistrus
Yellow Prince Tiger Plecostomus
Yellow suckermouth catfish
Yellow Zebra
Yogi Pleco
 
Z
Zebra Oto
Zebra Pleco
Zombie Pleco
Zucchini catfish
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