Loricariidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Loricariidae
Subfamiliae (7): Delturinae – Hypoptopomatinae – Hypostominae – Lithogeneinae – Loricariinae – Neoplecostominae – Otothyrinae
Overview of genera: Avalithoxus – Hirtella – Nannoplecostomus – Plesioptopoma – Pterygoplichthys – †Taubateia ...

Name

Loricariidae Rafinesque, 1815 [96 genera, 716 species]

Synonymy

Loricaria Rafinesque, 1815: 89. Type genus: Loricaria Linnaeus, 1758.
Hypostomiden Kner, 1853b: 279. Type genus: Hypostomus La Cepède, 1803.
Ancistri Kner, 1854: 6. Type genus: Ancistrus Kner, 1854.
Acanthicini Bleeker, 1862 (in Bleeker, 1862–63): 2. Type genus: Acanthicus Spix & Agassiz, 1829.
Acestrini Bleeker, 1862 (in Bleeker, 1862–63): 4. Type genus: Acestra Kner, 1853. Permanently invalid, following Art. 39 of the Code, because the underlying generic name is preoccupied.
Hypoptopominae [sic, Hypoptopomatinae] Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890: 8, 12, 353, 388. Type genus: Hypoptopoma Günther, 1868.
Neoplecostominae Regan, 1904b: 306. Type genus: Neoplecostomus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888.
Lithogeneinae [sic, for Lithogeninae] Gosline, 1947: 80. Type genus: Lithogenes Eigenmann, 1909.
Chaetostomidi Fowler, 1958: 14. Type genus: Chaetostomus Kner, 1846.
Farlowellidi Fowler, 1958: 14. Type genus: Farlowella Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889.
Harttiinae Boeseman, 1971: 4, 10. Type genus: Harttia Steindachner, 1877.
Acestridiinae Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1974a: 67, 68. Type genus: Acestridium Haseman, 1911.
Loricariichthyina Isbrücker, 1979a: 87, 89. Type genus: Loricariichthys Bleeker, 1862.
Metaloricariina Isbrücker, 1979a: 88, 90. Type genus: Metaloricaria, Isbrücker, 1975.
Hemiodontichthyina Isbrücker, 1979a: 88, 89. Type genus: Hemiodontichthys Bleeker, 1862.
Otocinclini Isbrücker, 1979b: 114. Type genus: Otocinclus Cope, 1871.
Planiloricariina Isbrücker, 1979a: 87, 89. Type genus: Planiloricaria Isbrücker, 1971.
Reganellina Isbrücker, 1979a: 87, 89. Type genus: Reganella Eigenmann, 1905.
Rineloricariina Isbrücker, 1979a: 87, 89. Type genus: Rineloricaria Bleeker, 1862.
Lithoxina Isbrücker, 1980: 77. Type genus: Lithoxus Eigenmann, 1910.
Pseudacanthicini Isbrücker, 1980: 76. Type genus: Pseudacanthicus Bleeker, 1862.
Ricolina Isbrücker, 1981: 54. Type genus: Ricola Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1978.
Hopliancistrini Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1989: 543. Type genus: Hopliancistrus Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1989.
Spectracanthicina Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1989: 544. Type genus: Spectracanthicus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1987.
Otothyrini Schaefer, 1991: 31. Type genus: Otothyris Myers, 1927.
Lampiellini Isbrücker, in Isbrücker et al., 2001: 20. Type genus Lampiella Isbrücker, 2001.
Corymbophanini Armbruster, 2004a: 59. Type genus: Corymbophanes Eigenmann, 1909.
Pterygoplichthini [sic, for Pterygoplichthyini] Armbruster, 2004a: 61. Type genus: Pterygoplichthys Gill, 1858.
Rhinelepini Armbruster, 2004a: 61. Type genus: Rhinelepis Spix & Agassiz, 1829 [not Valenciennes, as stated in Armbruster].

References

Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Palerme: L'Imprimerie de Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp. BHL Reference page.
Armbruster, J.W. & Taphorn, D.C. 2011. A New Genus and Species of Weakly Armored Catfish from the Upper Mazaruni River, Guyana (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Copeia 2011(1): 46–52.
Chiachio, M.C., Oliveira, C. & Montoya-Burgos, J.I. 2008. Molecular systematic and historical biogeography of the armored Neotropical catfishes Hypoptopomatinae and Neoplecostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49(2): 606–617. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.08.013
Ferraris, C.J., Jr. 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. PDF.
Ribeiro, A.C., Lima, F.C.T. & Pereira, E.H.L. 2012. 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. Copeia 2012(4): 637–647.
Silva, G.S.C., Roxo, F.F., Orrego, L.E. & Oliveira, C. 2016. Description of a new catfish genus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Tocantins River basin in central Brazil, with comments on the historical zoogeography of the new taxon. ZooKeys 598: 129-157. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.598.7400. Reference page.
Salcedo, N.J. 2013. Description of Loraxichthys lexa, new genus and species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Río Huallaga Basin, central Peru, with notes on the morphology of the enigmatic Lipopterichthys carrioni Norman, 1935. Zootaxa 3640(4): 557–571. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3640.4.4 Reference page.

Links

Loricariidae and its species in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Genera of Loricariidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
WoRMS (2010). Loricariidae. In: Nicolas Bailly (2010). FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154623 on 2012-08-06

Vernacular names

English: Armored Catfish
日本語: ロリカリア科
português: Cascudo
ไทย: ปลาซัคเกอร์

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