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*Acanthicus*
Acanthicus adonis, ein neuer Harnischwels aus dem Rio Tocantins, Brazilien (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)		Link here

*Acestridium*
A new species of Acestridium Haseman, 1911 (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the Eastern Amazon basin, Brazil		Link here
Phylogenetic relationships of the species of Acestridium Haseman, 1911 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here

*Ancistrus*
A head with a suckermouth : a functional-morphological study of the head of the suckermouth armoured catfish Ancistrus cf. triradiatus (Loricariidae, Siluriformes)		Link here
A new distinctively striped species of bushynose catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Ancistrus) from the Pachitea River drainage, Pasco, Peru (Ancistrus yanesha)		Link here
A new species of Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Tapajós and Xingu basins, Brazil (Ancistrus luzia).		Link here
A new species of Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with a redescription of Ancistrus brevipinnis and further evidence of hidden diversity in the laguna dos Patos system, Brazil (Ancistrus megacanthus).		Link here
Ancistrus falconensis n. sp. and A. gymnorhynchus Kner (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from central Venezuelan Caribbean coastal streams		Link here
Ancistrus maximus, a new species of red-dotted armored catfish from rio Branco, Roraima State, Brazilian Amazon (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here
Chromosome polymorphism in Ancistrus cuiabae Knaack, 1999 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Ancistrini)		Link here
Cytogenetic and molecular studies in species of the Ancistrini tribe from Southern Brazil		Link here
Reproductive behavior, development and eye regression in the cave armored catfish, Ancistrus cryptophthalmus Reis, 1987 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), breed in laboratory		Link here
Review of Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the northwestern Guiana Shield, Orinoco Andes, and adjacent basins with description of six new species		Link here
Three new species of Ancistrus Kner, 1854 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Iguaçu basin, Paraná State, Brazil		Link here
Trans-Andean Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here
Two new Amazonian species of armored catfishes (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): Ancistrus verecundus and Ancistrus parecis		Link here

*Aphanotorulus*
The genera Isorineloricaria and Aphanotorulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with description of a new species		Link here

*Araichthys*
Araichthys loro, a new genus and species of suckermouth armored catfish from the upper rio Tapajós basin, Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here

*Baryancistrus*
Baryancistrus demantoides and Hemiancistrus subviridis, two new uniquely colored species of catfishes from Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here
Phylogeography of Baryancistrus xanthellus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a rheophilic catfish endemic to the Xingu River basin in eastern Amazonia		Link here
Two new ornamental loricariid catfishes of Baryancistrus from rio Xingu drainage (Siluriformes: Hypostominae)		Link here
Two new species of the ornamental loricariid genus Baryancistrus (Siluriformes: Hypostominae) from rio Trombetas basin, Pará, Brazil (B. isaaci & B. quilombola)		Link here

*Chaetostoma*
A New Species of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) Expands the Distribution of Rubbernose Plecos Eastward into the Lower Amazon Basin of Brazil (C. orientale)		Link here
A new species of Chaetostoma Tschudi (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from colombia with a definition of The C. anale species group		Link here
A new species of Chaetostoma, an armored catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), from the río Marañón drainage, Amazon basin, Peru		Link here
The Fitzcarrald Arch: A Vicariant Event for Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) Speciation?		Link here
The ornate rubbernose pleco (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Chaetostoma), a new species from the Ucayali River Basin, Peru, (Chaetostoma sacromento)		Link here

*Colossimystax*
New tribe-level classification of Hypostominae (Loricariidae) based on optimization of morphological states on DNA-based relationships, with descriptions of three new tribes and two new genera (Stellantia and Colossimystax)		Link here

*Cordylancistrus*
A new species of the catfish genus Cordylancistrus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia		Link here
Cordylancistrus santarosensis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a new species with unique snout deplatation from the Río Santa Rosa, Ecuador		Link here

*Curculionichthys*
A New Species of Curculionichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Saramacca and Marowijne River Basins, Suriname and French Guiana (Curculionchthys monolechis)		Link here

*Dekeyseria*
Redescription of Dekeyseria picta (Siluriformes; Loricariidae), a poorly known ancistrin from the Amazon and Orinoco Basins: redescription of dekeyseria picta		Link here

*Etsaputu*
A new Basal Ancistrini Genus and Species from the Andes of Northern Peru (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here

*Farlowella*
A combined molecular and morphological phylogeny of the Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with emphasis on the Harttiini and Farlowellini		Link here
A new short-snouted species of Farlowella (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Paraguai River basin (Farlowella kirane)		Link here
A new species of Farlowella (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Bermejo River, La Plata River basin, northwestern Argentina		Link here
A new species of Farlowella (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) of the F. nattereri species-group from the rio Xingu basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil, with comments on Farlowella jauruensis, a poorly-known species from the upper rio Paraguai basin		Link here
Farlowella mitoupibo, a new species of stick catfish from the upper Guaviare River, Orinoco basin, Colombia (Teleostei: Loricariidae)		Link here
New species of Farlowella (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Tapajós basin, Pará, Brazil (Farlowella wuyjugu)		Link here
Systematic of the Stick Catfishes, Farlowella Eigenmann & Eigenmann (Pisces, Loricariidae)		Link here
The taxonomic status of Farlowella colombiensis Retzer & Page 1997 with comments on species of the F. acus species group (Loricariidae: Loricariinae)		Link here

Fonchiiloricaria
Intergeneric phylogenetic relationships in catfishes of the Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with the description of Fonchiiloricaria nanodon: a new genus and species from Peru		Link here

*Guyanancistrus*
An integrative framework to reevaluate the Neotropical catfish genus Guyanancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with particular emphasis on the Guyanancistrus brevispinis complex		Link here

*Gymnotocinclus*
Gymnotocinclus anosteos, a new uniquely-plated genus and species of loricariid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from the upper rio Tocantins basin, central Brazil		Link here

*Harttia*
A combined molecular and morphological phylogeny of the Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with emphasis on the Harttiini and Farlowellini		Link here
A new species of Harttia from the rio São Francisco basin (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) (Harttia canastra)		Link Here
Harttia merevari, a new species of catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Venezuela		Link here
Three new species of Harttia (Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from Serra do Cachimbo, Rio Xingu basin, Pará, Northern Brazil		Link here

*Hemiancistrus*
A new species of Hemiancistrus from the rio Araguaia basin, Goiás state, Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here
Baryancistrus demantoides and Hemiancistrus subviridis, two new uniquely colored species of catfishes from Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here
Hemiancistrus guahiborum, a new suckermouth armored catfish from Southern Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here
Karyotype description of three species of Loricariidae (Siluriformes) and occurrence of the ZZ/ZW sexual system in Hemiancistrus spilomma Cardoso & Lucinda, 2003		Link here
Karyotype uniformity in populations of the endemic Hemiancistrus fuliginosus (Loricariidae: Hypostomini) collected in the upper and middle Uruguai River		Link here
The species of Hemiancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Ecuador		Link here
Three new species of saddled loricariid catfishes, and a review of Hemiancistrus, Peckoltia, and allied genera (Siluriformes)		Link here
Two new species of the genus Hemiancistrus Bleeker (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Uruguai basin		Link here

*Hisonotus*
A new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from rio São Francisco basin, Brazil		Link here
A new Species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) of the Upper Ri´o Uruguay Basin		Link here
A New Species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the Laguna dos Patos Basin, Southern Brazil (2008)		Link here
A new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Otothyrini) from the República Oriental del Uruguay		Link here
Description of two new species of Hisonotus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (Ostariophysi, Loricariidae) from the rio Paraná-Paraguay basin, Brazil		Link here
Hisonotus pachysarkos, a new species of cascudinho from the rio Ivaí basin, upper rio Paraná system, Brazil (Loricariidae: Otothyrinae)		Link here
Redescription of Hisonotus notatus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae), the type species of the genus, and description of a new species from coastal drainages of southeastern Brazil		Link here
Revisão taxonômica das espécies de Hisonotus Eigenmann & Eigenmann (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) da bacia do rio Uruguai e sistema da laguna dos Patos		Link here
Taxonomic review of Hisonotus Eigenmann & Eigenmann (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the laguna dos Patos system, southern Brazil		Link here

*Hopliancistrus*
Taxonomic revision of Hopliancistrus Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1989 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) with redescription of Hopliancistrus tricornis and description of four new species		Link here

*Hypancistrus*
A new species of Hypancistrus Isbrücker & Nijssen 1991 (Loricariidae, Siluriformes) from the rapids of the middle Rio Tocantins (Hypansistrus parkateje)		Link here
A new species of Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Southern Brazil		Link here
Four New Hypancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Amazonas, Venezuela		Link here
Hypancistrus inspector : A New Species of Suckermouth Armored Catfish (Loricariidae: Ancistrinae)		Link here
Two new species of Hypancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Xingu, Amazon, Brazil, (H. seideli & H. yudja)		Link here
Two new species of spotted Hypancistrus from the Rio Negro drainage (Loricariidae, Hypostominae)		Link here

*Hypoptopoma*
Systematics of the genus Hypoptopoma Günther, 1868 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here

*Hypostomus*
A new dark-dotted species of Hypostomus Lacépède (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from rio Paraguaçu, Bahia State, Brazil		Link here
A new dark-saddled species of Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraguay basin		Link here
A new pale-spotted species of Hypostomus Lacépède (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Tocantins and rio Xingu basins in central Brazil		Link here
A new blunt-headed species of Hypostomus (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the Rio Tocantins basin (Hypostomus minotauros)		Link here
A new tiny-spotted species of Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Rio Tocantins basin, Goiás State, Brazil (Hypostomus lamberti)		Link here
Hypostomus caudofasciatus (Teleostei: Loricariidae), a new remarkably colored species from the upper Rio Paraná basin in Brazil		Link here
Hypostomus chrysostiktos, a new species of armored catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from rio Paraguaçu, Bahia State, Brazil		Link here
Hypostomus formosae, a new catfish species from the Paraguay River Basin with redescription of H. boulengeri (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here
Hypostomus hermanni redescription and a new species of Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Upper Paraná River basin, Brazil		Link here
Hypostomus melanephelis, a new armored catfish species from the rio Tapajós basin, Brazil (Teleostei: Loricariidae)		Link here
Hypostomus nigrolineatus, a new dark-striped species from the rio Jequitinhonha and rio Pardo basins, Brazil (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)		Link here
Hypostomus rhantos (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a new species from southern Venezuela		Link here
Hypostomus sertanejo (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), new armoured catfish species from north-eastern Brazil		Link here
Identification key and pictures of the Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the rio Ivaí, upper rio Paraná basin		Link here
Identity of Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758), with an overview of Hypostomus species from the Guianas (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here
Identification of cryptic species in allopatric populations of Hypostomus tietensis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) through cytogenetics analyses		Link here
Origin of species diversity in the catfish genus Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) inhabiting the Paraná river basin, with the description of a new species		Link here
Rediscovery and redescription of the endangered Hypostomus subcarinatus Castelnau, 1855 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio São Francisco basin in Brazil		Link here
Review of the armoured catfish genus Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Parnaíba River basin, Northeastern Brazil, with description of a new species (Hypostomus velhomonge)		Link here
Revisiting Hypostomus khimaera (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): the identity of a morphologically variable species		Link here
Species delimitation based on integrative approach suggests reallocation of genus in Hypostomini catfish (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) (Pterygoplichthys/Hypostomus chrysostiktos)		Link here
The species of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here
Two new species of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Paraguay basin, with a redescription of Hypostomus cochliodon Kner, 1854		Link here
Two new species of Hypostomus Lacépède (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Central Brazil		Link here
Two new species of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Negro basin in Brazil		Link here

*Isbrueckerichthys*
Isbrueckerichthys epakmos, a new species of loricariid catfish from the rio Ribeira de Iguape basin, Brazil (Teleostei: Siluriformes)		Link here

*Isorineloricaria*
The genera Isorineloricaria and Aphanotorulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with description of a new species		Link here

*Ixinandria*
Taxonomy of Ixinandria Isbrücker & Nijssen (Loricariidae: Loricariinae) based on morphological and molecular data		Link here

*Lamontichthys*
Systematics of Lamontichthys Miranda-Ribeiro (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with the description of two new species		Link here

*Lasiancistrus*
Lasiancistrus ruitoquensis sp. nov. (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) A new species for the muncipality of Floridabalnca, Departmentof Santander - Colombia		Link here
Four new species of the suckermouth armored catfish genus Lasiancistrus (Loricariidae: Ancistrinae)		Link here
The loricariid catfish genus Lasiancistrus (Siluriformes) with descriptions of two new species		Link here

*Lithoxus*
Description of a new Lithoxus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Guayana Highlands with a discussion of Guiana Shield biogeography		Link here
Lithoxus stocki a species new to science of ancistrin loricariid catfish from the Maroni River drainage, with a comparison of the primary type specimens of the six species of Lithoxus (syn.: Paralithoxus ) (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)		Link here
Multilocus phylogeny, diagnosis and generic revision of the Guiana Shield endemic suckermouth armoured catfish tribe Lithoxini (Loricariidae: Hypostominae)		Link here

*Loricaria*
A new species of Loricaria (Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from the upper Amazon River basin, Colombia (Loricaria nimairaco)		Link here
A New Species of Whiptail Catfish, Genus Loricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), from the Rio Curua´ (Xingu Basin), Brazil		Link here
Loricaria luciae, a new species of whiptail catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Paraguay and lower Paraná River basins of southeastern South America		Link here
Three new species of the armored catfish genus Loricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from river channels of the Amazon basin		Link here

*Microlepidogaster*
A new species of Microlepidogaster (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil		Link here
Microlepidogaster arachas, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil		Link here
Microlepidogaster discontenta, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the rio São Francisco basin, Brazil		Link here

*Nannoplecostomus*
A New Genus and Species of a Minute Suckermouth Armored Catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Tocantins Drainage, Central Brazil: The Smallest Known Loricariid Catfish		Link here

*Neblinichthys*
Description of Neblinichthys brevibracchium and N. echinasus from the upper Mazaruni River, Guyana (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), and recognition of N. roraima and N. yaravi as distinct species		Link here

*Neoplecostomus*
A new species of the catfish Neoplecostomus (Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from a coastal drainage in southeastern Brazil		Link here
Genetic variability in four samples of Neoplecostomus yapo (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the rio Paranapanema basin, Brazil		Link here
Neoplecostomus (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the upper Rio Paraná basin, Brazil, with description of three new species		Link here
Two new species of Neoplecostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from high altitudes of the upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil (N.sapucai & N. altimontanus)		Link here

*Otocinclus*
A new Species of Otocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Madeira Drainage, Brazil		Link here
Otocinclus batmani, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Colombia and Peru		Link here
Otocinclus cocama, a new uniquely colored loricariid catfish from Peru (Teleostei: Siluriformes), with comments on the impact of taxonomic revisions to the discovery of new taxa		Link here
Otocinclus tapirape: A New Hypoptopomatine Catfish from Central Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here
Re-validation of Otocinclus arnoldi Regan and reappraisal of Otocinclus phylogeny (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here

*Otothyropsis*
A new species of Otothyropsis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Paraguay basin, Paraguay		Link here
Description and relationships of Otothyropsis marapoama, a new genus and species of Hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from rio Tietê basin, southeastern Brazil		Link here
Two new species of Hypoptopomatinae from the rio Paraíba do Sul basin, with comments on the monophyly of Parotocinclus and the Otothyrini (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here

*Panaqolus*
A new distinctively banded species of Panaqolus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the western Amazon Basin in Peru		Link here
A new species of Panaqolus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Branco		Link here
A new species of Panaqolus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Madeira basin with remarkable intraspecific color variation		Link here
A New Species of Tiger Pleco Panaqolus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Xingu Basin, Brazil		Link here
Redescription of Panaqolus purusiensis (LaMonte, 1935) (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with identification key to the species of the genus		Link here

*Panaque*
Panaque nigrolineatus laurafabianae, a new, commercially exploited subspecies of ornamental wood-eating pleco (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) from the Guaviare River basin in Colombia		Link here
Revision of Panaque (Panaque), with Descriptions of Three New Species from the Amazon Basin (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)		Link here

*Parancistrus*
Description of a new species of Parancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Xingu, Brazil		Link here

*Pareiorhaphis*
A new species of the armored catfish genus Pareiorhaphis Miranda Ribeiro (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Paraguaçu, Bahia State, northeastern Brazil (P. lophia)		Link here
Pareiorhaphis scutula, a new species of neoplecostomine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Doce basin, Southeastern Brazil		Link here
Resurrection of Pareiorhaphis Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae), and description of a new species from the rio Iguaçu basin, Brazil		Link here

*Pareiorhina*
Pareiorhina hyptiorhachis, a new catfish species from Rio Paraíba do Sul basin, southeastern Brazil (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)		Link here

*Parotocinclus*
A New Species of Armored Catfish (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) Syntopic and Superficially Similar to Parotocinclus collinsae, from the Potaro River Basin, Guyana. (Parotocinclus hardmani)		Link here
A new species of the armored catfish Parotocinclus (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae), from the Amazon basin in Colombia		Link here
An Enigmatic New Loricariid (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes) from Relictual Upper Reaches of Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil (Parotocinclus adamanteus)		Link here
Description of a new species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes, Hypoptopomatinae) from the rio Tapajós basin		Link here
Parotocinclus arandai, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rios Jucuruçu and Buranhém, States of Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil		Link here
Parotocinclus nandae, a new distinctive colored catfish (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the upper Rio Paraguaçu, Bahia State, northeastern Brazil		Link here
Two new species of Hypoptopomatinae from the rio Paraíba do Sul basin, with comments on the monophyly of Parotocinclus and the Otothyrini (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here

*Peckoltia*
A new species of Peckoltia (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the rapids of the Rio Tocantins-Araguaia basin, Brazil (Peckoltia amjikin)		Link here
A new species of Peckoltia from the Upper Orinoco (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)		Link here
Peckoltia cavatica, a new loricariid catfish from Guyana and a redescription of P. braueri (Eigenmann 1912) (Siluriformes)		Link here
Peckoltia compta, a new species of catfish from the Brazilian Amazon, rio Tapajós basin (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here
The genus Peckoltia with the description of two new species and a reanalysis of the phylogeny of the genera of the Hypostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here
Three new species of saddled loricariid catfishes, and a review of Hemiancistrus, Peckoltia, and allied genera (Siluriformes)		Link here

*Pseudacanthicus*
A new species of the leopard pleco genus Pseudacanthicus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Xingu, Brazil		Link here
Pseudacanthicus pitanga: a new species of Ancistrini (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypostominae) from rio Tocantins Basin, North Brazil		Link here

*Pseudolithoxus*
A new distinctively banded species of Pseudolithoxus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Orinoco River		Link here
Biogeography and species delimitation of the rheophilic suckermouth catfish genus Pseudolithoxus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with the description of a new species from the Brazilian Amazon		Link here

*Pseudancistrus*
A new species of Pseudancistrus from the Río Caroní, Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here
A new species of suckermouth armored catfish, Pseudancistrus kwinti (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Coppename River drainage, Central Suriname Nature Reserve, Suriname		Link here
New species of the Pseudancistrus barbatus group (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) with comments on its biogeography and dispersal routes		Link here
New species of Pseudacanthicus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Xingu, Amazon, Brazil (Pseudacanthicus nyktos)		Link here
Pseudancistrus corantijniensis, a new species from the Guyana Shield (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with a molecular and morphological description of the Pseudancistrus barbatus group		Link here
Two new species of Pseudancistrus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Amazon basin, northern Brazil		Link here
Two new species of Pseudancistrus from southern Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here

Pseudohemiodon
A new genus and species of whiptail armored catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariinae) from southern Venezuela (Cheilonimata minuta).		Link here
A new species of whiptail armored catfish, genus Pseudohemiodon (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Orinoco River basin, Llanos region of Colombia and Venezuela (Pseudohemiodon unillano)		Link here
Pseudohemiodon almendarizi Provenzano-Rizzi & Argüello & Barriga-Salazar 2022, new species. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act		Link here
The genus Pseudohemiodon (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) in Ecuador, with the description of a new species (Pseudohemiodon almendarizi)		Link here

Pseudotocinclus
Revision of the genus Pseudotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae), with descriptions of two new species		Link here

Pterygoplichthys
Interactions between non-native armored suckermouth catfish (Loricariidae: Pterygoplichthys) and native Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in artesian springs		Link here
Redescription of Pterygoplichthys punctatus and description of a new species of Pterygoplichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)		Link here
Salinity tolerance of non-native suckermouth armoured catfish (Loricariidae: Pterygoplichthys sp.) from Kerala, India		Link here
Species delimitation based on integrative approach suggests reallocation of genus in Hypostomini catfish (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) (Pterygoplichthys/Hypostomus chrysostiktos)		Link here

Rhadinoloricaria
A new species of mailed catfish of genus Rhadinoloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from Rio Negro basin, Brazil (Rhadinoloricaria papillosa)		Link here
A new species of Rhadinoloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariinae) from Colombia (Rhadinoloricaria andaki)		Link here
New finding of Rhadinoloricaria macromystax (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): redescription of the genus and description of a new species from Ecuador (Rhadinoloricaria stewarti).		Link here

Rhinolekos
Rhinolekos capetinga: a new cascudinho species (Loricariidae, Otothyrinae) from the rio Tocantins basin and comments on its ancestral dispersal route		Link here

Rhinelepsis
Induced Reproduction and Reproductive Characteristics of Rhinelepis aspera Agassiz, 1829 (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes, Loricariidae)		Link here

Rhinoloricaria
A new species of rheophilic armored catfish of Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Vaupés River, Amazonas basin, Colombia (Rineloricaria cachivera).		Link here
A new species of Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from coastal drainages of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil (Rineloricaria nudipectoris)		Link here
A new species of Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from rio Daraá, rio Negro basin, Amazon, Brazil		Link here
A new species of whiptail catfish Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Macaé and São João river basins, southeastern Brazil (Rineloricaria buckupi)		Link here
Nine new species of the genus Rineloricaria (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from Uruguay river, southern Brazil		Link here
Rineloricaria osvaldoi (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a new species of armored catfish from rio Vermelho, Araguaia basin, Brazil		Link here
Species boundaries of the whiptail catfish Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Paraíba do Sul River drainage, southeastern Brazil, with species redescriptions and description of a new species (Rineloricaria paraibensis)		Link here
Two new species of Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Iguaçu basin, southern Brazil		Link here
Two New Species of Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Trans-Andean Rivers of Colombia, Unveiled through Iterative Taxonomy (R. atratoensis, R. giua)		Link here

Rhinotocinclus
A new genus of armored catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Greater Amazon, with a review of the species and description of five new species (Rhinotocinclus)		Link Here

Schizolecis
An albino armored catfish Schizolecis guntheri (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from an Atlantic Forest coastal basin		Link here

Scobinancistrus
A new species of armored catfish of the genus Scobinancistrus (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) from the Xingu River basin, Brazil (Scobinancistrus raonii) aka L082.		Link here

Spatuloricaria
The End of an Almost 70-Year Wait: A New Species of Spatuloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Xingu and Rio Tapajós Basins		Link here

Stellantia
New tribe-level classification of Hypostominae (Loricariidae) based on optimization of morphological states on DNA-based relationships, with descriptions of three new tribes and two new genera (Stellantia and Colossimystax)		Link here

Sturisoma
A new species of Sturisoma Swainson, 1838 (Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from the Madeira River basin, with a discussion of historical biogeography of western Amazonas and Paraguay River basins (Sturisoma reisi).		Link here
How many species of Sturisoma (Siluriformes: Loricariinae) inhabit the La Plata Basin? (S. barbatum & S. robustum the junior synonym)		Link here
Taxonomic revision of Sturisoma Swainson, 1838 (Loricariidae: Loricariinae), with descriptions of four new species (S. ghazziae, S. careirensia, S. rappydanielae, S. defranciscoi)		Link here

†Taubateia
A fossil loricariid catfish (Siluriformes: Loricarioidea) from the Taubaté Basin, eastern Brazil		Link here

General papers
Holding in the stream: convergent evolution of suckermouth structures in Loricariidae (Siluriformes)		Link here
Molecular phylogeny of the highly diversified catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) reveals incongruences with morphological classification		Link here
New Philippine record of south american sailfin catfishes (Pisces: Loricariidae)		Link here
Non-Native Suckermouth Armored Catfishes in Florida: Description of Nest Burrows and Burrow Colonies with Assessment of Shoreline Conditions		Link here
Ontogeny and Functional morphology of a highly specialized Trophic Apparatus: A case study of Neotropical suckermouth armoured catfishes (Loricariidae, Siluriformes)		Link here
The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis		Link here


Mochokidae (Synodontis, Upside-Down Cats)
Paper		Link
*Atopodontus*
Atopodontus adriaensi, a new genus and species of African suckermouth catfish from the Ogooué and Nyanga River systems of Gabon (Siluriformes: Mochokidae)		Link here
Hidden in the riffles: A new suckermouth catfish (Mochokidae, Chiloglanis) from the middle Zambezi River system, Zimbabwe (Chiloglanis carnatus)		Link here

*Chiloglanis*
Description of two new species of Chiloglanis (Teleostei, Mochokidae) from the Eastern Zimbabwe Highlands freshwater ecoregion: an overlooked hotspot of rheophilic fishes (C. asperocutis, C. compactus)		Link here
Three new species of African suckermouth catfishes, genus Chiloglanis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae), from the lower Malagarasi and Luiche rivers of western Tanzania		Link here
Two new species of suckermouth catfishes, genus Chiloglanis (Siluriformes, Mochokidae), from rapids of the Congo River (American Museum novitates, no. 4041) C. kinsuka & C. wagenia.		Link here
Two New Species of Suckermouth Catfishes (Mochokidae: Chiloglanis) from Upper Guinean Forest Streams in West Africa (C. fortuitus & C. frodobagginsi).		Link here
Unrecognised endemic biodiversity within East African Chiloglanis catfish populations		Link here

*Microsynodontis*
The Microsynodontis (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Mochokidae) of the lower Guinea region, west central Africa, with the description of eight new species		Link here

*Mochokus*
Giants in a Minute Catfish Genus: First Description of Fossil Mochokus (Siluriformes, Mochokidae) in the Late Miocene of Chad, Including M. Gigas, sp. nov.		Link here

*Synodontis*
A New Species of Synodontis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) from Tributaries of the Kasai River in Northern Angola		Link here
Continental Diversification of an African Catfish Radiation (Mochokidae: Synodontis)		Link here
Description of Synodontis punu, new species (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) from the Lower Guinea ichthyofaunal province (Gabon and Republic of Congo), Africa		Link here
Designation of a neotype for Synodontis schall (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) and description of two new species of Synodontis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae)		Link here
Early life-history features associated with brood parasitism in the cuckoo catfish, Synodontis multipunctatus (Siluriformes: Mochokidae)		Link here
Mitochondrial phylogeny and phylogeography of East African squeaker catfishes (Siluriformes: Synodontis)		Link here
On the origin of the Synodontis catfish species flock from Lake Tanganyika		Link here
Phylogenetic relationships between Synodontis species: some preliminary results		Link here
Revised taxonomy of Synodontis catfishes (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) from the Lake Tanganyika basin reveals lower species diversity than expected		Link here
Studies on the biology of two species of catfish Synodontis schall and Synodontis nigrita (Ostariophysi : Mochokidae) from the Ouémé River, Bénin		Link here
Swimming in the upside down catfish Synodontis nigriventris: it matters which way is up		Link here
Synodontis acanthoperca, a new species from the Ogôoué River system, Gabon with comments on spiny ornamentation and sexual dimorphism in mochokid catfishes (Siluriformes: Mochokidae)		Link here
Synodontis carineae, a new species of mochokid catfish from the Kouilou-Niari River basin, Africa (Siluriformes: Mochokidae)		Link here
Synodontis woleuensis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae), a new species of catfish from Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, Africa		Link here
The bony anatomy of Chadian Synodontis (Osteichthyes, Teleostei, Siluriformes, Mochokidae): interspecific variations and specific characters		Link here
The enigmatic Synodontis leoparda Pfeffer, 1896, with the discovery of the syntypes (Siluriformes: Mochokidae)		Link here

General Papers
Exceptional levels of species discovery ameliorate inferences of the biogeography and diversification of an Afrotropical catfish family		Link here
New phylogenetic insights into the African catfish families Mochokidae and Austroglanididae		Link here

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