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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.

 


SYNONYMS
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A
Acestra acus
Acestra amazonum
Acestra gladiolus
Acestra gladius
Acestra knerii
Acestridium colombiensis
Acipenser plecostomus
Ancistomus wernekei
Ancistrus alga
Ancistrus barrae
Ancistrus baudensis
Ancistrus bovallii
Ancistrus brachyurus
Ancistrus fuesslii
Ancistrus gibbiceps
Ancistrus hoplogenys
Ancistrus mystacinus
Acestra oxyrryncha
Ancistrus planiceps
Ancistrus triradiatus martini
Ancistrus medians
Ancistrus melas
Ancistrus. multiradiatus alternans
Ancistrus multispinis
Ancistrus multispinis
Ancistrus scaphirhynchus
Ancistrus snethlageae
Ancistrus tectirostris
Ancistrus undecimalis
Aphanotorulus frankei
Apistoloricaria ommation
Aristommata inexpectata
 
C
Canthopomus montebelloi
Chaetostoma furcatum
Chaetostoma lineopunctata
Chaetostoma platyrhyncha
Chaetostoma tachiraensis
Chaetostomus alga
Chaetostomus bachi
Chaetostomus brevilabiatus
Chaetostomus brevis
Chaetostomus cirrhosus punctata
Chaetostomus cirrhosus punctata
Chaetostomus cochliodon
Chaetostomus dentex
Chaetostomus dorsalis
Chaetostomus gibbiceps
Chaetostomus gibbosus
Chaetostomus heteracanthus
Chaetostomus hoplogenys
Chaetostomus hoplogenys
Chaetostomus leucomelas
Chaetostomus leucostictus
Chaetostomus microps
Chaetostomus milesi
Chaetostomus marcapatae
Chaetostomus nigrolineatus
Chaetostomus oligospilus
Chaetostomus palmeri
Chaetostomus platycephalus
Chaetostomus punctatissimus
Chaetostomus schomburgkii
Chaetostomus setosus
Chaetostomus spinosus
Chaetostomus tectirostris
Chaetostomus thomsoni
Chaetostomus trinitatis
Chaetostomus undecimalis
Chaetostomus vittatus
Cochliodon cochliodon
Cochliodon hondae
Cochliodon hypostomus
Cochliodon nigrolineatus
Cochliodon plecostomoides
Cochliodon pospisili
Cochliodon pyrineusi
Cochliodon taphorni
Cordylancistrus platyrhynchus
Corymbophanes venezuelae
Crossoloricaria bahuaja
Crossoloricaria rhami
Cteniloricaria fowleri
Curculionichthys hera
Curculionichthys jumaorum
 
D
Dasyloricaria seminuda
Dekeyseria brachyura
Dekeyseria pulchra
Dolichancistrus setosus
 
E
Epactionotus aky
 
F
Farlowella acestrichthys
Farlowella agustini
Farlowella amazona
Farlowella angosturae
Farlowella azygia
Farlowella boliviana
Farlowella carinata
Farlowella gladiolus
Farlowella gladius
Farlowella hargreavesi
Farlowella oliveirae
Farlowella paranaense
Farlowella pleurotaenia
Farlowella pseudogladiolus
Farlowella guaricensis
Farlowella roncallii
Farlowella scolopacina
 
G
Glyptoperichthys gibbiceps
Glyptoperichthys joselimaianus
Glyptoperichthys parnaibae
Glyptoperichthys punctatus
Glyptoperichthys xinguensis 
Glytoperichthys scrophus 
 
H
Hartia microps
Harttia nijsseni
Harttia filamentissima
Harttia filamentosa
Hemiancistrus albocinctus
Hemiancistrus braueri
Hemiancistrus brevis
Hemiancistrus castelnaui
Hemiancistrus caquetae
Hemiancistrus gibbiceps
Hemiancistrus mayoloi
Hemiancistrus niger
Hemiancistrus pankimpuju
Hemiancistrus platycephalus
Hemiancistrus platyrhynchus
Hemiancistrus snethlageae
Hemiancistrus spilomma
Hemiancistrus spinosus
Hemiloricaria beni
Hemiloricaria eigenmanni
Hemiloricaria fallax
Hemiloricaria formosa
Hemiloricaria hasemani
Hemiloricaria jubata
Hemiloricaria lanceolata
Hemiloricaria melini
Hemiloricaria morrowi
Hemiloricaria parva
Hemiloricaria phoxocephala
Hemiloricaria platyura
Hemiloricaria stewarti
Hemiloricaria teffeana
Hemilporicaria wolfei
Hemiodon acipenserinus
Hemiodon platycephalus
Hemipsilichthys hystrix
Hemipsilichthys splendens
Hemipsilichthys steindachneri
Hemipsilichthys stomias
Hisonotus acuen
Hisonotus bockmanni
Hisonotus chromodontus
Hisonotus dinizae
Hisonotus jumaorum
Hisonotus maculicauda
Hisonotus minutus
Hypocolpterus analis
Hypoptopoma acutirostre
Hypoptopoma acutirostris
Hypoptopoma carinatum
Hypoptopoma guentheri
Hypoptopoma joberti
Hypoptopoma spectabilis
Hypoptopoma wrightianum
Hypostoma punctatum
Hypostoma squalina
Hypostoma squalinum
Hypostomus annae
Hypostomus aurantiacus
Hypostomus barbatus
Hypostomus butantanis
Hypostomus chapare
Hypostomus chrysostiktos
Hypostomus cirrhosus
Hypostomus cordovae
Hypostomus emarginatus
Hypostomus guacari
Hypostomus guacharote
Hypostomus guttatus
Hypostomus limosus
Hypostomus madeirae
Hypostomus micropunctatus
Hypostomus nickeriensis
Hypostomus nigricans
Hypostomus niveatus
Hypostomus niveatus
Hypostomus nudiceps
Hypostomus occidentalis
Hypostomus pardalis
Hypostomus pictus
Hypostomus popoi
Hypostomus serratus
Hypostomus sipaliwinii
Hypostomus spiniger
Hypostomus spinosus
Hypostomus squalinus
Hypostomus surinamensis
Hypostomus tapanahoniensis
Hypostomus temminckii
Hypostomus tenuicauda
Hypostomus unicolor
Hypostomus verres
Hypostomus vicinus
 
I
Ixinandria montebelloi
 
L
Lasiancistrus anthrax
Lasiancistrus brevispinis
Lasiancistrus dumus
Lasiancistrus fuesslii
Lasiancistrus guapore
Lasiancistrus longispinis
Lasiancistrus maracaiboensis
Lasiancistrus multispinis
Lasiancistrus niger
Lasiancistrus scolymus
Lasiancistrus snethlageae
Lasiancistrus tigris
Lasiancistrus volcanensis
Lipopterichthys carrioni
Liposarus altipinnis
Liposarcus ambrosettii
Liposarcus jeanesianus
Liposarcus pardalis
Liposarcus scrophus
Liposarcus varius
Lithoxus boujardi
Lithoxus bovallii
Lithoxus jantjae
Lithoxus pallidimaculatus
Lithoxus planquettei
Lithoxus stocki
Lithoxus surinamensis
Loricaria accipenser
Loricaria amazonica
Loricaria anus
Loricaria aurea
Loricaria barbata
Loricaria beni
Loricaria cadeae
Loricaria carinata
Loricaria caquetae
Loricaria cirrhosa
Loricaria dentata
Loricaria dura
Loricaria eigenmanni
Loricaria fallax
Loricaria filamentosa
Loricaria filamentosa seminuda
Loricaria flava
Loricaria gymnogaster
Loricaria jubata
Loricaria laeviuscula
Loricaria lanceolata
Loricaria laticeps
Loricaria latirostris
Loricaria leightoni
Loricaria maculata
Loricaria melanoptera
Loricaria microlepidogaster
Loricaria panamensis
Loricaria parahemiodon
Loricaria parva
Loricaria paulina
Loricaria phoxocephala
Loricaria piauhiae
Loricaria platystoma
Loricaria platyura
Loricaria prolixa
Loricaria prolixa lentiginosa  
Loricaria puganensis
Loricaria punctata
Loricaria scolopacina
Loricaria setifera
Loricaria spinosae
Loricaria steinbachi
Loricaria stewarti
Loricaria strigilata
Loricaria submarginatus
Loricaria teffeana
Loricaria valenciennesii
Loricaria variegata
Loricaria variegata venezuelae
Loricaria vetula
Loricariichthys lanceolatus
Loricariichthys melini
 
M
Macrotocinclus affinis
Micracanthicus vandragti
Microlepidogaster bahiensis
Microlepidogaster doceanus
Microlepidogaster francirochai
Microlepidogaster guntheri
Microlepidogaster leucofrenata
Microlepidogaster leucofrenatus
Microlepidogaster nigricauda
Microlepidogaster notata
Microlepidogaster notatus
Monistiancistrus carachama
 
N
Nannoptopoma spectabile
Nannoptopoma spectabilis
 
O
Oligancistrus punctatissimus
Otocinclus fimbriatus,
Otocinclus francirochai
Otocinclus gibbosus
Otocinclus hoppei
Otocinclus joberti
Otocinclus leucofrenatus
Otocinclus macrospilus
Otocinclus maculicauda
Otocinclus mariae
Otocinclus nigricauda
Otocinclus notatus
Otocinclus spectabili
Oxyloricaria barbata
Oxyloricaria fowleri
Oxyloricaria leightoni
Oxyloricaria robusta
Oxyropsis acutirostra
Oxyropsis wrightii
 
P
Panaqolus koko
Panaque albomaculatus
Panaque gnomus
Panaque changae
Panaque dentex
Panaque maccus
Panaque nocturnus
Parahemiodon typus
Parancistrus nigricans
Parancistrus niveatus
Parancistrus punctatissimus
Parancistrus vicinus
Parotocinclus amazonensis
Parotocinclus aripuanensis
Parotocinclus britskii
Parotocinclus collinsae
Parotocinclus dani
Parotocinclus eppleyi
Parotocinclus halbothi
Parotocinclus hardmani
Parotocinclus kwarup
Parotocinclus longirostris
Parotocinclus pentakelis
Parotocinclus polyochrus
Parotocinclus steindachneri
Parotocinclus variola
Parotocinclus yaka
Peckoltia albocincta
Peckoltia bachi
Peckoltia brachyura
Peckoltia feldbergae
Peckoltia platyrhyncha
Peckoltia scaphyrhyncha
Peckoltia snethlageae
Plecostomus aculeatus
Plecostomus affinis
Plecostomus ancistroides
Plecostomus annae
Plecostomus aspilogaster
Plecostomus bicirrosus
Plecostomus bicirrosus
Plecostomus borellii
Plecostomus boulengeri
Plecostomus brasiliensis
Plecostomus brasiliensis
Plecostomus cataphractus
Plecostomus chapare
Plecostomus commersoni
Plecostomus commersonoides
Plecostomus cordovae
Plecostomus festae
Plecostomus flagellaris
Plecostomus francisci
Plecostomus guacari
Plecostomus gymnorhynchus
Plecostomus hemiurus
Plecostomus hermanni
Plecostomus hondai
Plecostomus jaguribensis
Plecostomus johnii
Plecostomus laplatae
Plecostomus lima
Plecostomus limosus
Plecostomus luteomaculatus
Plecostomus luteus
Plecostomus madeirae
Plecostomus margaritifer
Plecostomus margaritifer butantanis
Plecostomus microps
Plecostomus micropunctatus
Plecostomus pellegrini
Plecostomus plecostomus
Plecostomus plecostomus
Plecostomus popoi
Plecostomus rachovii
Plecostomus regani
Plecostomus spilosoma
Plecostomus spinosissimus
Plecostomus spiniger
Plecostomus taeniatus
Plecostomus tenuicauda
Plecostomus tietensis
Plecostomus unicolor
Plecostomus vaillanti
Plecostumus watwata
Plecostomus wertheimeri
Pseudancistrus atratoênsis
Pseudancistrus brevispinis
Pseudancistrus longispinis
Pseudancistrus luderwaldti
Pseudancistrus niger
Pseudohemiodon cryptodon
Pseudorinelepis agassizi
Pseudorinelepsis carachama
Pseudorinelepsis pellegrini
Pseudotocinclus ribeiroi
Pterygoplichthys anisitsi
Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps
Pterygoplichthys juvens
Pterygoplichthys plecostomus
 
R
Rhinelepis strigosus
Rinelepis acanthicus
Rinelepsis agassizii
Rinelepis genibarbis
Rinelepis histrix
 
S
Squaliforma annae
Squaliforma emarginatus
Squaliforma squalina
Squaliforma tenuicauda
Squaliforma villarsi
Stonelia leopardus
Sturisoma aureum
Sturisoma brevirostre
Sturisoma festivum
Sturisoma leightoni
Sturisoma panamense
Sturisomatichthys aureum
 
X
Xenocara dolichoptera 
Xenocara macrophthalma
Xenocara multispinis
Xenocara rothschildi
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