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Family: Loricariidae Armored catfishes



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Acanthicus adonis South America 20.6 SL 1988
Acanthicus hystrix South America 53 SL 1829
Acestridium colombiense South America 5.0 SL 2005
Acestridium dichromum South America 6.3 SL 1999
Acestridium discus South America 6.7 SL 1911
Acestridium gymnogaster South America 2009
Acestridium martini South America 6.7 SL 1999
Acestridium scutatum South America 2009
Acestridium triplax South America 5.6 SL 2007
Ancistomus feldbergae South America 17.1 SL 2012
Ancistomus micrommatos South America 11.9 SL 2003
Ancistomus snethlageae South America 22 TL 1911
Ancistomus spilomma South America 14.2 SL 2003
Ancistomus spinosissimus South America 12.7 SL 2003
Ancistrus abilhoai South America 10.6 SL 2009
Ancistrus agostinhoi South America 9.6 SL 2009
Ancistrus aguaboensis South America 6.7 SL 2001
Ancistrus amaris South America 10.3 SL 2019
Ancistrus bodenhameri South America 11.4 SL 1944
Ancistrus bolivianus South America 8.8 SL 1915
Ancistrus brevifilis South America 11.8 SL 1920
Ancistrus brevipinnis South America 10.7 SL 1904
Ancistrus bufonius South America 11.5 SL 1840
Ancistrus caucanus South America 5.2 SL 1943
Ancistrus centrolepis South America 18.4 SL 1913
Ancistrus chagresi Central America 19.5 SL 1889
Ancistrus cirrhosus Jumbie teta South America 8.9 SL 1836
Ancistrus claro South America 6.6 SL 1999
Ancistrus clementinae South America 10.2 SL 1937
Ancistrus cryptophthalmus South America 6 SL 1987
Ancistrus cuiabae South America 11.5 SL 1999
Ancistrus damasceni South America 6.5 SL 1907
Ancistrus dolichopterus Bushymouth catfish South America 14.5 SL 1854
Ancistrus dubius South America 12.6 SL 1889
Ancistrus erinaceus South America. 7.5 SL 1840
Ancistrus eustictus South America 18 SL 1945
Ancistrus falconensis South America 2010
Ancistrus formoso South America 7.9 SL 1997
Ancistrus fulvus South America 8.8 SL 1929
Ancistrus galani South America 5.6 SL 1994
Ancistrus greeni South America 6.5 TL 2001
Ancistrus gymnorhynchus South America 14.2 SL 1854
Ancistrus heterorhynchus South America 6.3 SL 1912
Ancistrus hoplogenys South America 15.8 SL 1864
Ancistrus jataiensis South America 5.4 SL 2005
Ancistrus jelskii South America 8 TL 1876
Ancistrus kellerae South America 2019
Ancistrus latifrons South America 15.4 SL 1869
Ancistrus leoni South America 8.2 SL 2019
Ancistrus leucostictus South America 10 SL 1864
Ancistrus lineolatus South America 9 SL 1943
Ancistrus lithurgicus South America 13.2 SL 1912
Ancistrus macrophthalmus South America 7.9 SL 1912
Ancistrus maculatus South America 11.8 SL 1881
Ancistrus malacops South America 7.7 SL 1872
Ancistrus maracasae Central America 8.3 SL 1946
Ancistrus marcapatae South America 12.4 TL 1904
Ancistrus martini South America 8.9 SL 1944
Ancistrus mattogrossensis South America 1912
Ancistrus maximus South America, Brazil 20.1 SL 2015
Ancistrus megalostomus South America 8.3 SL 1924
Ancistrus minutus South America 5.7 SL 2001
Ancistrus miracollis South America 6.7 SL 2019
Ancistrus montanus South America 9.2 SL 1904
Ancistrus mullerae South America 12.5 SL 2009
Ancistrus multispinis South America 14.2 SL 1912
Ancistrus nudiceps South America 7.9 SL 1849
Ancistrus occidentalis South America 8.6 SL 1904
Ancistrus occloi South America 11.6 SL 1928
Ancistrus parecis South America 6.0 SL 2005
Ancistrus patronus South America 8.7 SL 2019
Ancistrus pirareta South America 15.6 SL 1989
Ancistrus piriformis South America 8.3 SL 1989
Ancistrus ranunculus South America 19.5 TL 1994
Ancistrus reisi South America 6.1 SL 2005
Ancistrus saudades South America 10.8 SL 2019
Ancistrus sericeus South America 5 SL 1872
Ancistrus spinosus Central America 17.6 SL 1916
Ancistrus stigmaticus South America 15.2 SL 1889
Ancistrus tamboensis South America 8.2 SL 1945
Ancistrus taunayi South America 14 TL 1918
Ancistrus temminckii South America 9.8 SL 1840
Ancistrus tolima South America 7.7 SL 2013
Ancistrus tombador South America 6.3 SL 2005
Ancistrus trinitatis Central America 1864
Ancistrus triradiatus South America 9.2 SL 1918
Ancistrus variolus South America 4.8 SL 1872
Ancistrus verecundus South America 5.5 SL 2005
Ancistrus vericaucanus South America 7.2 SL 2013
Ancistrus yutajae South America 2019
Andeancistrus eschwartzae South America 14.4 SL 2015
Andeancistrus platycephalus South America 14.5 TL 1898
Aphanotorulus ammophilus South America 16.1 SL 1996
Aphanotorulus emarginatus South America 33.6 TL 1840
Aphanotorulus gomesi South America 14.3 SL 1942
Aphanotorulus horridus South America 35.5 SL 1854
Aphanotorulus phrixosoma South America 10.1 SL 1940
Aphanotorulus rubrocauda South America 24.1 SL 2017
Aphanotorulus unicolor South America 13.9 SL 1908
Aposturisoma myriodon South America 20 SL 1983
Avalithoxus jantjae South America 3.8 SL 2008
Baryancistrus beggini Blue panaque South America 8.1 SL 2009
Baryancistrus chrysolomus South America 29.6 TL 2011
Baryancistrus demantoides South America 15.1 SL 2005
Baryancistrus longipinnis South America 20 TL 1895
Baryancistrus niveatus South America 34 TL 1855
Baryancistrus xanthellus South America 29.7 TL 2011
Brochiloricaria chauliodon South America 28.2 1979
Brochiloricaria macrodon South America 26.8 SL 1853
Chaetostoma aburrensis South America 1909
Chaetostoma alternifasciatum South America 15.3 SL 1945
Chaetostoma anale South America 16 SL 1943
Chaetostoma anomalum South America 16 TL 1903
Chaetostoma bifurcum South America 14.0 SL 2015
Chaetostoma branickii South America 13.2 SL 1881
Chaetostoma breve South America 30 TL 1904
Chaetostoma brevilabiatum South America 11.9 SL 1942
Chaetostoma changae South America 7.6 SL 2006
Chaetostoma daidalmatos South America 2006
Chaetostoma dermorhynchum South America 25 TL 1887
Chaetostoma dorsale South America 8.8 SL 1922
Chaetostoma dupouii South America 7.9 SL 1945
Chaetostoma fischeri Central and South America 30 TL 1879
Chaetostoma floridablancaensis South America 10.1 SL 2013
Chaetostoma formosae South America 9.7 SL 2011
Chaetostoma guairense South America 8.1 SL 1881
Chaetostoma jegui South America 16.8 SL 1991
Chaetostoma joropo South America 2016
Chaetostoma lepturum South America 21.5 SL 1912
Chaetostoma leucomelas South America 20 SL 1918
Chaetostoma lineopunctatum South America 14.3 SL 1942
Chaetostoma loborhynchos South America 14.2 SL 1846
Chaetostoma machiquense South America 6.6 SL 1953
Chaetostoma marginatum South America 19 TL 1904
Chaetostoma marmorescens South America 13.5 SL 1942
Chaetostoma microps South America 8.9 TL 1864
Chaetostoma milesi South America 14.6 SL 1941
Chaetostoma mollinasum South America 6.8 SL 1937
Chaetostoma niveum South America 9.1 SL 1944
Chaetostoma nudirostre South America 12.6 TL 1874
Chaetostoma palmeri South America 9.5 TL 1912
Chaetostoma patiae South America 15.8 SL 1945
Chaetostoma paucispinis South America 9 TL 1912
Chaetostoma pearsei South America 15 TL 1920
Chaetostoma sovichthys South America 7.2 SL 1944
Chaetostoma spondylus South America 13.1 SL 2015
Chaetostoma stannii South America 20.5 TL 1874
Chaetostoma stroumpoulos South America 2006
Chaetostoma tachiraense South America 8.7 SL 1944
Chaetostoma taczanowskii South America 17 TL 1882
Chaetostoma thomsoni South America 15.1 SL 1904
Chaetostoma trimaculineum South America 16 SL 2015
Chaetostoma vagum South America 9.9 SL 1943
Chaetostoma vasquezi South America 18.7 SL 1998
Chaetostoma venezuelae South America 7.3 SL 1944
Chaetostoma yurubiense South America 17 SL 1996
Chauliocheilos saxatilis South America 4.9 SL 2014
Cordylancistrus daguae South America 9.5 TL 1912
Cordylancistrus nephelion South America 12.9 SL 2006
Cordylancistrus perijae South America 12.7 SL 1996
Cordylancistrus platyrhynchus South America 9.5 TL 1943
Cordylancistrus torbesensis South America 6.5 SL 1944
Corumbataia britskii South America 2.7 SL 2007
Corumbataia cuestae South America 3.3 SL 1997
Corumbataia liliai South America 2.5 SL 2018
Corumbataia lucianoi South America 2.4 SL 2018
Corumbataia tocantinensis South America 3.8 SL 1997
Corumbataia veadeiros South America 3.7 SL 2008
Corymbophanes ameliae South America 10.1 SL 2019
Corymbophanes andersoni South America 8.6 SL 1909
Corymbophanes kaiei South America 6.6 SL 2000
Crossoloricaria cephalaspis South America 10.9 SL 1979
Crossoloricaria variegata Central and South America 26.5 SL 1879
Crossoloricaria venezuelae South America 18.3 SL 1944
Cryptancistrus similis South America 6.2 SL 2018
Cteniloricaria maculata South America 17 SL 1971
Cteniloricaria napova South America 12.9 SL 2012
Cteniloricaria platystoma South America 20 1868
Curculionichthys coxipone South America 3 SL 2015
Curculionichthys insperatus South America 3.0 SL 2003
Curculionichthys itaim South America 2.5 SL 2017
Curculionichthys karipuna South America 2.4 SL 2016
Curculionichthys luteofrenatus South America 3.1 SL 2007
Curculionichthys oliveirai South America 3.0 SL 2014
Curculionichthys paresi South America 2.6 SL 2014
Curculionichthys piracanjuba South America 2.7 SL 2012
Curculionichthys sabaji South America 2.4 SL 2015
Curculionichthys sagarana South America 2.4 SL 2015
Curculionichthys scaius South America 2.4 SL 2018
Curculionichthys tukana South America 2.4 SL 2017
Dasyloricaria capetensis Central America 16.4 SL 1913
Dasyloricaria filamentosa South America 32.2 SL 1878
Dasyloricaria latiura Central and South America 35.5 SL 1912
Dasyloricaria paucisquama South America 20.3 SL 2016
Dasyloricaria seminuda South America 18.2 SL 1912
Dasyloricaria tuyrensis Central America 35.5 SL 1913
Dekeyseria amazonica South America 17.8 SL 1985
Dekeyseria brachyura South America 16 TL 1854
Dekeyseria niveata South America 13 SL 1929
Dekeyseria picta South America 14 TL 1854
Dekeyseria pulchra South America 10 SL 1915
Dekeyseria scaphirhyncha South America 21 SL 1854
Delturus angulicauda South America 18.7 SL 1877
Delturus brevis South America 18.6 SL 2006
Delturus carinotus South America 23.5 SL 1933
Delturus parahybae South America 21 SL 1889
Dentectus barbarmatus South America 13.7 SL 1982
Dolichancistrus atratoensis South America 8.2 SL 1960
Dolichancistrus carnegiei South America 17 TL 1916
Dolichancistrus cobrensis South America 7.9 SL 1944
Dolichancistrus fuesslii South America 13.1 TL 1911
Dolichancistrus pediculatus South America 12 TL 1918
Dolichancistrus setosus South America 12 TL 1887
Epactionotus bilineatus South America 4 SL 1998
Epactionotus gracilis South America 3.9 SL 1998
Epactionotus itaimbezinho South America 3.8 SL 1998
Epactionotus yasi South America 2004
Etsaputu relictum South America 2011
Eurycheilichthys limulus South America 4.8 SL 1998
Eurycheilichthys pantherinus South America 4.2 SL 1992
Euryochus thysanos South America 12.0 SL 2017
Exastilithoxus fimbriatus South America 6 SL 1915
Exastilithoxus hoedemani South America 5.1 SL 1985
Farlowella acus Whiptail catfish South America 16 SL 1853
Farlowella altocorpus South America 17.0 SL 2006
Farlowella amazonum South America 22.5 SL 1864
Farlowella colombiensis South America 16 SL 1997
Farlowella curtirostra South America 15 SL 1942
Farlowella gianetii South America 12.1 SL 2016
Farlowella gracilis South America 25.5 TL 1904
Farlowella hahni South America 20.1 SL 1937
Farlowella hasemani South America 17 SL 1917
Farlowella henriquei South America 16.5 SL 1918
Farlowella isbruckeri South America 13.4 SL 1997
Farlowella jauruensis South America 13.1 SL 1917
Farlowella knerii South America 16.2 SL 1882
Farlowella mariaelenae South America 17 SL 1964
Farlowella martini South America 19.3 SL 1972
Farlowella mitoupibo South America 21.0 SL 2016
Farlowella nattereri South America 26.5 SL 1910
Farlowella odontotumulus South America 17.5 SL 1997
Farlowella oxyrryncha South America 23 SL 1853
Farlowella paraguayensis South America 17.5 SL 1997
Farlowella platorynchus South America 19.4 SL 1997
Farlowella reticulata South America 15.3 SL 1971
Farlowella rugosa South America 21.4 SL 1971
Farlowella schreitmuelleri South America 18.1 SL 1937
Farlowella smithi South America 10 SL 1913
Farlowella taphorni South America 13.5 SL 1997
Farlowella venezuelensis South America 19.8 SL 1964
Farlowella vittata South America 22.5 SL 1942
Farlowella wuyjugu South America 14.5 SL 2023
Farlowella yarigui South America 11.2 SL 2014
Fonchiiichthys rupestris South America 9 SL 1944
Fonchiiichthys uracanthus Central America 16.5 SL 1863
Fonchiiloricaria nanodon South America 17.5 2011
Furcodontichthys novaesi South America 10.2 SL 1981
Guyanancistrus brevispinis South America 14.2 SL 1983
Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis South America 6.4 SL 2018
Guyanancistrus megastictus South America 6.3 SL 2018
Guyanancistrus nassauensis South America 6.1 SL 2018
Guyanancistrus tenuis South America 9.1 SL 2018
Guyanancistrus teretirostris South America 9.8 SL 2018
Gymnotocinclus anosteos South America 4.4 SL 2008
Harttia absaberi South America 7.4 SL 2013
Harttia carvalhoi South America 7.1 SL 1939
Harttia depressa South America 12.6 SL 2001
Harttia dissidens South America 15.2 SL 2001
Harttia duriventris South America 12.8 SL 2001
Harttia fluminensis South America 15.1 SL 2012
Harttia fowleri South America 22.2 SL 1908
Harttia garavelloi South America 8.6 SL 1993
Harttia gracilis South America 10.1 SL 1993
Harttia guianensis South America 17.5 SL 2001
Harttia kronei South America 12 SL 1908
Harttia leiopleura South America 5.7 SL 1993
Harttia longipinna South America 10.7 SL 2001
Harttia loricariformis South America 18.6 SL 1877
Harttia merevari South America 2005
Harttia novalimensis South America 5.8 SL 1993
Harttia panara South America 10.6 SL 2018
Harttia punctata South America 16.6 SL 2001
Harttia rhombocephala South America 1939
Harttia rondoni South America 16.3 SL 2018
Harttia surinamensis South America 18.8 SL 1971
Harttia torrenticola South America 7.7 SL 1993
Harttia trombetensis South America 17.6 SL 2001
Harttia tuna South America 17.2 SL 2012
Harttia uatumensis South America 11.9 SL 2001
Harttia villasboas South America 12.6 SL 2018
Harttiella crassicauda South America 4.9 SL 1953
Harttiella intermedia South America 3.5 SL 2012
Harttiella janmoli South America 4.7 SL 2012
Harttiella longicauda South America 5.2 SL 2012
Harttiella lucifer South America 4.3 SL 2012
Harttiella parva South America 3.1 SL 2012
Harttiella pilosa South America 4.0 SL 2012
Hemiancistrus cerrado South America 17.0 SL 2008
Hemiancistrus chlorostictus South America 14.7 SL 1999
Hemiancistrus fuliginosus South America 16.2 SL 1999
Hemiancistrus furtivus South America 10.0 SL 2017
Hemiancistrus guahiborum South America 2005
Hemiancistrus hammarlundi South America 7.4 SL 1937
Hemiancistrus landoni South America 25 TL 1916
Hemiancistrus macrops South America 9.4 SL 1874
Hemiancistrus medians South America 39 TL 1854
Hemiancistrus megacephalus South America 12.3 SL 1868
Hemiancistrus megalopteryx South America 28.6 SL 2004
Hemiancistrus meizospilos South America 14.9 SL 2004
Hemiancistrus punctulatus South America 19 SL 1999
Hemiancistrus subviridis South America 15.0 SL 2005
Hemiancistrus votouro South America 14.1 SL 2004
Hemiodontichthys acipenserinus South America 13.4 SL 1853
Hemipsilichthys gobio South America 15.6 SL 1874
Hemipsilichthys nimius South America 10.5 SL 2003
Hemipsilichthys papillatus South America 9.2 SL 2000
Hirtella carinata South America 4.9 SL 2014
Hisonotus acuen South America 2.9 SL 2014
Hisonotus aky South America 4.0 SL 2004
Hisonotus alberti South America 3.4 SL 2016
Hisonotus armatus South America 6 TL 2008
Hisonotus bocaiuva South America 2.4 SL 2013
Hisonotus bockmanni South America 2.4 SL 2012
Hisonotus brunneus South America 4.2 SL 2011
Hisonotus carreiro South America 3.6 SL 2011
Hisonotus charrua South America 3.6 SL 2006
Hisonotus chromodontus South America 3.3 SL 2007
Hisonotus depressicauda South America 5 SL 1918
Hisonotus depressinotus South America 3 SL 1918
Hisonotus devidei South America 3.2 SL 2018
Hisonotus dinizae South America 2.3 SL 2020
Hisonotus francirochai South America 3.8 SL 1928
Hisonotus heterogaster South America 4.3 SL 2011
Hisonotus hungy South America 4.2 SL 2007
Hisonotus iota South America 3.3 SL 2009
Hisonotus laevior South America 7.5 TL 1894
Hisonotus leucofrenatus South America 6 SL 1908
Hisonotus leucophrys South America 4.2 SL 2009
Hisonotus maculipinnis South America 4 SL 1912
Hisonotus megaloplax South America 4.7 SL 2009
Hisonotus montanus South America 4.5 SL 2009
Hisonotus nigricauda South America 6 TL 1891
Hisonotus notatus South America 4.3 SL 1889
Hisonotus notopagos South America 3.7 SL 2011
Hisonotus pachysarkos South America 2016
Hisonotus paulinus South America 4 SL 1908
Hisonotus prata South America 3.3 SL 2011
Hisonotus ringueleti South America 4.3 SL 2001
Hisonotus taimensis South America 6.6 SL 1981
Hisonotus thayeri South America 4.2 SL 2016
Hisonotus vespuccii South America 3.6 SL 2015
Hisonotus vireo South America 4.0 SL 2011
Hopliancistrus munduruku South America 15.5 SL 2021
Hopliancistrus tricornis South America 13.7 SL 1989
Hopliancistrus wolverine South America 18.2 SL 2021
Hopliancistrus xavante South America 11.7 SL 2021
Hopliancistrus xikrin South America 14.2 SL 2021
Hypancistrus contradens South America 2007
Hypancistrus debilittera South America 2007
Hypancistrus furunculus South America 2007
Hypancistrus inspector South America 12.6 SL 2002
Hypancistrus lunaorum South America 2007
Hypancistrus margaritatus South America 4.6 SL 2016
Hypancistrus phantasma South America 12.3 SL 2016
Hypancistrus zebra South America 7 TL 1991
Hypoptopoma baileyi South America 4.4 TL 2010
Hypoptopoma bianale South America 5.4 TL 2010
Hypoptopoma brevirostratum South America 5.1 TL 2010
Hypoptopoma elongatum South America 10.2 TL 2010
Hypoptopoma guianense South America 6.2 SL 1974
Hypoptopoma gulare South America 13.5 TL 1878
Hypoptopoma incognitum South America 10.8 SL 2010
Hypoptopoma inexspectatum South America 7.1 SL 1893
Hypoptopoma machadoi South America 7.0 TL 2010
Hypoptopoma muzuspi South America 3.6 2010
Hypoptopoma psilogaster South America 7 SL 1915
Hypoptopoma steindachneri South America 10 SL 1895
Hypoptopoma thoracatum South America 11.5 TL 1868
Hypostomus affinis South America 39.7 SL 1877
Hypostomus agna South America 22 TL 1907
Hypostomus alatus South America 28.8 SL 1855
Hypostomus albopunctatus South America 40 SL 1908
Hypostomus ancistroides South America 21 TL 1911
Hypostomus angipinnatus South America 15 1922
Hypostomus annectens South America 28 TL 1904
Hypostomus arecuta South America 24.3 SL 2012
Hypostomus argus South America 11.6 SL 1943
Hypostomus asperatus Mandarin Pleco South America 22.9 SL 1855
Hypostomus aspidolepis Panama suckermouth Central America 40 SL 1867
Hypostomus aspilogaster Jacuhy pleco South America 26.5 SL 1894
Hypostomus atropinnis South America 21 TL 1890
Hypostomus auroguttatus South America 34 TL 1854
Hypostomus basilisko South America 19.8 SL 2014
Hypostomus bimbai South America 31.4 SL 2021
Hypostomus bolivianus South America 15 TL 1924
Hypostomus borellii South America 16.1 SL 1897
Hypostomus boulengeri South America 24.5 SL 1903
Hypostomus brevicauda South America 19.6 SL 1864
Hypostomus brevis South America 7.4 SL 1919
Hypostomus careopinnatus South America 5.8 SL 2012
Hypostomus carinatus South America 24.8 SL 1881
Hypostomus carvalhoi South America 14.2 SL 1937
Hypostomus chrysostiktos South America 26.0 SL 2007
Hypostomus cochliodon South America 23 SL 1854
Hypostomus commersoni South America 60.5 TL 1836
Hypostomus coppenamensis South America 12.5 SL 1969
Hypostomus corantijni South America 18.8 SL 1968
Hypostomus cordovae South America 24.8 SL 1880
Hypostomus crassicauda South America 14.3 SL 1968
Hypostomus dardanelos South America 18.4 SL 2014
Hypostomus delimai South America 25.3 SL 2013
Hypostomus denticulatus South America 19.1 SL 2008
Hypostomus derbyi South America 31 SL 1911
Hypostomus dlouhyi South America 24.5 SL 1985
Hypostomus eptingi South America 12.2 SL 1941
Hypostomus ericae South America 28.5 SL 2005
Hypostomus ericius South America 18.7 SL 2003
Hypostomus faveolus South America 20.6 SL 2008
Hypostomus fluviatilis South America 16.5 SL 1964
Hypostomus fonchii South America 15.4 SL 2002
Hypostomus francisci South America 36 SL 1874
Hypostomus fugleri South America 9.1 SL 1971
Hypostomus garmani South America 13.0 SL 1904
Hypostomus goyazensis South America 26 TL 1908
Hypostomus gymnorhynchus South America 26.6 SL 1926
Hypostomus hemicochliodon South America 36.2 TL 2003
Hypostomus hemiurus South America 20.1 SL 1912
Hypostomus heraldoi South America 23.6 SL 2008
Hypostomus hermanni South America 24 TL 1905
Hypostomus holostictus South America 18 TL 1913
Hypostomus hondae South America 35 SL 1912
Hypostomus hoplonites South America 32.5 SL 1988
Hypostomus iheringii South America 11.6 SL 1908
Hypostomus interruptus South America 12 SL 1918
Hypostomus isbrueckeri South America 30.8 TL 1990
Hypostomus itacua South America 11 TL 1836
Hypostomus jaguar South America 17.6 SL 2013
Hypostomus jaguribensis South America 12 TL 1915
Hypostomus johnii South America 11.3 SL 1877
Hypostomus khimaera South America 16.4 SL 2014
Hypostomus kopeyaka South America 22.6 SL 2010
Hypostomus kuarup South America 21.8 SL 2012
Hypostomus laplatae South America 69 TL 1907
Hypostomus latifrons South America 28.7 SL 1986
Hypostomus latirostris South America 26 TL 1904
Hypostomus leucophaeus South America 15.8 SL 2016
Hypostomus levis South America 18.8 SL 1924
Hypostomus lexi South America 46 SL 1911
Hypostomus lima South America 13.6 SL 1874
Hypostomus longiradiatus South America 39.5 TL 1929
Hypostomus luetkeni South America 25.4 SL 1877
Hypostomus luteomaculatus South America 28 SL 1942
Hypostomus luteus South America 40.5 TL 1980
Hypostomus macrophthalmus South America 7.9 SL 1968
Hypostomus macrops South America 28.8 SL 1888
Hypostomus macushi South America 17 SL 2005
Hypostomus maracaiboensis South America 28.5 TL 1944
Hypostomus margaritifer South America 33 TL 1908
Hypostomus melanephelis South America 17.8 SL 2015
Hypostomus meleagris South America 30 SL 1933
Hypostomus micromaculatus South America 18.5 SL 1968
Hypostomus microstomus South America 24 SL 1987
Hypostomus multidens South America 19.8 SL 2007
Hypostomus mutucae South America 10.9 SL 1999
Hypostomus myersi South America 20.7 SL 1947
Hypostomus nematopterus South America 10.7 SL 1984
Hypostomus niceforoi South America 13.5 SL 1943
Hypostomus niger South America 24.5 SL 1933
Hypostomus nigromaculatus South America 10.2 SL 1964
Hypostomus nigropunctatus South America 23.3 SL 2012
Hypostomus nudiventris South America 5.7 SL 1941
Hypostomus obtusirostris South America 5.9 TL 1907
Hypostomus oculeus South America 21.7 SL 1943
Hypostomus pagei South America 18.9 SL 2003
Hypostomus pantherinus South America 4.8 SL 1854
Hypostomus papariae South America 11.4 TL 1941
Hypostomus paranensis South America 1877
Hypostomus pastinhai South America 25.1 SL 2021
Hypostomus paucimaculatus South America 12 SL 1968
Hypostomus paucipunctatus South America 18.8 SL 2005
Hypostomus paulinus South America 13.5 SL 1905
Hypostomus peckoltoides South America 11.1 SL 2010
Hypostomus perdido South America 18.1 SL 2014
Hypostomus piratatu South America 27.5 SL 1986
Hypostomus plecostomoides South America 25.6 TL 1922
Hypostomus plecostomus Suckermouth catfish South America 25.0 SL 1758
Hypostomus pospisili South America 1944
Hypostomus pseudohemiurus South America 6.2 SL 1968
Hypostomus punctatus South America 30 TL 1840
Hypostomus pusarum South America 20.3 TL 1913
Hypostomus pyrineusi South America 26 TL 1920
Hypostomus regani South America 41 SL 1905
Hypostomus rhantos South America 19.6 SL 2007
Hypostomus robertsoni South America 13.6 SL 2021
Hypostomus robinii Teta Central America 16 SL 1840
Hypostomus rondoni South America 8 TL 1912
Hypostomus roseopunctatus South America 43.3 TL 1990
Hypostomus salgadae South America 2 SL 1941
Hypostomus saramaccensis South America 11.5 SL 1968
Hypostomus scabriceps South America 35 TL 1888
Hypostomus scaphyceps South America 3.5 SL 1919
Hypostomus sculpodon South America 26.4 SL 2003
Hypostomus seminudus South America. 1888
Hypostomus simios South America 15.8 SL 2005
Hypostomus soniae South America 16.4 SL 2005
Hypostomus spiniger South America 28.3 SL 1870
Hypostomus strigaticeps South America 16 SL 1908
Hypostomus subcarinatus South America 31 TL 1855
Hypostomus surinamensis South America 16.5 SL 1968
Hypostomus taphorni South America 22.8 SL 1984
Hypostomus tapijara South America 37.8 SL 2005
Hypostomus tenuis South America 19.5 SL 1968
Hypostomus ternetzi South America 34.3 TL 1895
Hypostomus tietensis South America 12.5 SL 1905
Hypostomus topavae South America 70 SL 1969
Hypostomus unae South America 18.3 SL 1878
Hypostomus uruguayensis South America 34.5 TL 1990
Hypostomus vaillanti South America 18.5 SL 1877
Hypostomus variipictus South America 37 TL 1911
Hypostomus varimaculosus South America 6 SL 1945
Hypostomus variostictus South America 5.7 TL 1912
Hypostomus velhochico South America 13.9 SL 2017
Hypostomus ventromaculatus Wara wara South America 25 SL 1968
Hypostomus vermicularis South America 19 SL 1888
Hypostomus waiampi South America 19.4 SL 2005
Hypostomus watwata Armored catfish South America 45 SL 1828
Hypostomus weberi South America 17.5 SL 2010
Hypostomus wilsoni South America 32.5 TL 1918
Hypostomus wuchereri South America 35 SL 1864
Hypostomus yaku South America 7.1 SL 2014
Isbrueckerichthys alipionis South America 8.2 SL 1947
Isbrueckerichthys calvus South America 9.0 SL 2006
Isbrueckerichthys duseni South America 9.9 SL 1907
Isbrueckerichthys epakmos South America 10.3 SL 2003
Isbrueckerichthys saxicola South America 8.8 SL 2006
Isorineloricaria acuarius South America 20.8 SL 2016
Isorineloricaria spinosissima Zucchini catfish South America 56.5 TL 1880
Isorineloricaria tenuicauda South America 45 SL 1878
Isorineloricaria villarsi South America 32 SL 1874
Ixinandria steinbachi South America 11.3 SL 1906
Kronichthys heylandi South America 15 TL 1900
Kronichthys lacerta South America 7 SL 1919
Kronichthys subteres South America 12 TL 1908
Lamontichthys avacanoeiro South America 16.0 SL 2009
Lamontichthys filamentosus South America 16.7 SL 1935
Lamontichthys llanero South America 20.2 SL 1984
Lamontichthys maracaibero South America 18.5 SL 1984
Lamontichthys parakana South America 13.1 SL 2009
Lamontichthys stibaros South America 24.2 SL 1978
Lampiella gibbosa South America 5 TL 1908
Lasiancistrus caucanus Americas 23.5 SL 1912
Lasiancistrus guacharote South America 12.0 TL 1840
Lasiancistrus heteracanthus South America 15.3 SL 1869
Lasiancistrus saetiger South America 10.0 SL 2005
Lasiancistrus schomburgkii South America 14.4 SL 1864
Lasiancistrus tentaculatus South America 14.8 SL 2005
Leporacanthicus galaxias South America 21.1 SL 1989
Leporacanthicus heterodon South America 16 TL 1989
Leporacanthicus joselimai South America 9.8 SL 1989
Leporacanthicus triactis South America 24.7 SL 1992
Leptoancistrus canensis Central America 7.6 SL 1913
Leptoancistrus cordobensis South America 3.7 SL 1964
Leptotocinclus ctenistus South America 3.1 SL 2018
Leptotocinclus madeirae South America 3.1 SL 2018
Limatulichthys griseus South America 23.7 TL 1909
Limatulichthys nasarcus South America 15.1 SL 2014
Lipopterichthys carrioni South America 7.8 SL 1935
Lithogenes valencia South America 5.1 SL 2003
Lithogenes villosus South America 4.4 SL 1909
Lithogenes wahari South America 7.8 SL 2008
Lithoxus lithoides South America 8.6 SL 1912
Loraxichthys lexa South America 4.9 SL 2013
Loricaria apeltogaster South America 32.4 SL 1895
Loricaria birindellii South America 36.5 TL 2010
Loricaria cataphracta South America 29.5 SL 1758
Loricaria clavipinna South America 18 SL 1940
Loricaria coximensis South America 9.4 SL 2012
Loricaria holmbergi South America 11.8 SL 2005
Loricaria lata South America 27 SL 1889
Loricaria lentiginosa South America 51.4 SL 1979
Loricaria luciae South America 18.9 SL 2013
Loricaria lundbergi South America 13.8 SL 2008
Loricaria nickeriensis South America 12 SL 1979
Loricaria parnahybae South America 16 SL 1907
Loricaria piracicabae South America 17 SL 1907
Loricaria pumila South America 8.1 SL 2008
Loricaria simillima South America 26.4 SL 1904
Loricaria spinulifera South America 13.8 SL 2008
Loricaria tucumanensis South America 12.1 SL 1979
Loricariichthys acutus South America. 28 SL 1840
Loricariichthys anus South America 46 1835
Loricariichthys brunneus South America 1828
Loricariichthys cashibo South America 13 1942
Loricariichthys castaneus South America 39.6 TL 1855
Loricariichthys chanjoo South America 23 1940
Loricariichthys derbyi South America 24.9 TL 1915
Loricariichthys edentatus South America 11.5 SL 2000
Loricariichthys hauxwelli South America 18 1915
Loricariichthys labialis South America 22 SL 1895
Loricariichthys maculatus South America 26.3 SL 1794
Loricariichthys melanocheilus South America 43 SL 2000
Loricariichthys microdon South America 11 1909
Loricariichthys nudirostris South America 23.5 SL 1853
Loricariichthys platymetopon South America 39 TL 1979
Loricariichthys rostratus South America 27.5 SL 2000
Loricariichthys stuebelii South America 19 SL 1882
Loricariichthys ucayalensis South America 22 TL 1913
Megalancistrus barrae South America 38.5 SL 1910
Megalancistrus parananus South America 58.8 SL 1881
Metaloricaria nijsseni South America 29.5 SL 1976
Metaloricaria paucidens South America 27 SL 1975
Micracanthicus vandragti South America 4.2 SL 2011
Microlepidogaster arachas South America 4.3 SL 2013
Microlepidogaster bourguyi South America 1911
Microlepidogaster dimorpha South America 3.8 SL 2011
Microlepidogaster discontenta South America 4.0 SL 2014
Microlepidogaster discus South America 4.6 SL 2014
Microlepidogaster longicolla South America 4.6 SL 2010
Microlepidogaster negomata South America 4.1 SL 2017
Microlepidogaster perforata South America 5 SL 1889
Microplecostomus forestii South America 3.8 SL 2016
Nannoplecostomus eleonorae South America 2.2 SL 2012
Nannoptopoma spectabile South America 2.9 SL 1914
Nannoptopoma sternoptychum South America 3.3 SL 1996
Nannoxyropsis acicula South America 3.4 SL 2018
Nannoxyropsis ephippia South America 4.5 SL 2016
Neblinichthys brevibracchium South America 8.0 SL 2010
Neblinichthys echinasus South America 8.3 SL 2010
Neblinichthys peniculatus South America 8.1 SL 2013
Neblinichthys pilosus South America 8.9 SL 1986
Neblinichthys roraima South America 5.1 SL 1995
Neblinichthys yaravi South America 4.7 SL 1915
Neoplecostomus bandeirante South America 11.0 SL 2012
Neoplecostomus botucatu South America 10.2 SL 2012
Neoplecostomus corumba South America 8.1 SL 2008
Neoplecostomus doceensis South America 10.1 SL 2014
Neoplecostomus espiritosantensis South America 10.3 SL 1990
Neoplecostomus franciscoensis South America 10.8 SL 1990
Neoplecostomus granosus South America. 8.6 SL 1840
Neoplecostomus jaguari South America 9.3 SL 2014
Neoplecostomus langeanii South America 8.6 SL 2012
Neoplecostomus microps South America 10.2 SL 1877
Neoplecostomus paranensis South America 9.3 SL 1990
Neoplecostomus ribeirensis South America 9 SL 1990
Neoplecostomus selenae South America 10.2 SL 2008
Neoplecostomus variipictus South America 9.0 SL 1995
Neoplecostomus watersi South America 7.0 SL 2019
Neoplecostomus yapo South America 11.0 SL 2008
Niobichthys ferrarisi South America 7.0 SL 1998
Otocinclus affinis Golden otocinclus South America 5 SL 1877
Otocinclus arnoldi South America 4.8 SL 1909
Otocinclus batmani South America 3.7 SL 2006
Otocinclus bororo South America 3.1 SL 1997
Otocinclus caxarari South America 2.6 SL 1997
Otocinclus cocama South America 4.4 SL 2004
Otocinclus flexilis South America 6.8 TL 1894
Otocinclus hasemani South America 2.7 SL 1915
Otocinclus hoppei South America 3.3 SL 1939
Otocinclus huaorani South America 3.2 SL 1997
Otocinclus juruenae South America 3.3 SL 2016
Otocinclus macrospilus South America 3.5 SL 1942
Otocinclus mangaba South America 2.8 SL 2010
Otocinclus mariae South America 3.3 SL 1940
Otocinclus mimulus South America 4.3 SL 2003
Otocinclus mura South America 3.6 SL 1997
Otocinclus tapirape South America 2.4 SL 2002
Otocinclus vestitus South America 3.2 SL 1872
Otocinclus vittatus South America 3.3 TL 1904
Otocinclus xakriaba South America 3.1 SL 1997
Otothyris juquiae South America 3.2 SL 1998
Otothyris lophophanes Brown sucker catfish South America 2.8 SL 1889
Otothyris rostrata South America 3.1 SL 1998
Otothyris travassosi South America 3.2 SL 1998
Otothyropsis alicula South America 3.6 SL 2014
Otothyropsis biamnicus South America 4.0 SL 2013
Otothyropsis dialeukos South America 3.6 SL 2017
Otothyropsis marapoama South America 3.6 SL 2005
Otothyropsis piribebuy South America 2.9 SL 2011
Otothyropsis polyodon South America 3.7 SL 2013
Oxyropsis acutirostris South America 4.4 SL 1951
Oxyropsis carinata South America 7.6 SL 1879
Oxyropsis wrightiana South America 5.6 SL 1889
Panaqolus albivermis South America 9.6 SL 2013
Panaqolus albomaculatus South America 12.4 SL 1958
Panaqolus changae South America 8.5 SL 2002
Panaqolus claustellifer South America 6.2 SL 2016
Panaqolus dentex South America 8 SL 1868
Panaqolus gnomus Dwarf panaque South America 7.1 SL 1993
Panaqolus maccus Clown panaque South America 8.8 SL 1993
Panaqolus nix South America 11.2 SL 2015
Panaqolus nocturnus Dusky panaque South America 14.4 SL 1993
Panaqolus purusiensis South America 13.0 SL 1935
Panaque armbrusteri South America 43 TL 2010
Panaque bathyphilus South America 7.4 SL 2008
Panaque cochliodon South America 30 TL 1879
Panaque nigrolineatus Royal panaque South America 43 SL 1877
Panaque schaeferi South America 2010
Panaque suttonorum Blue-eye panaque South America 28 SL 1944
Panaque titan South America 2010
Paralithoxus boujardi South America 6.3 SL 1993
Paralithoxus bovallii South America 5.9 SL 1906
Paralithoxus jariensis South America 6.1 SL 2017
Paralithoxus pallidimaculatus South America 4.7 SL 1982
Paralithoxus planquettei South America 7 SL 1982
Paralithoxus raso South America 4.6 SL 2017
Paralithoxus stocki South America 6.6 SL 1990
Paralithoxus surinamensis South America 4.1 SL 1982
Paraloricaria agastor South America 10.8 SL 1979
Paraloricaria commersonoides South America 37 1943
Paraloricaria vetula South America 55.4 TL 1835
Parancistrus aurantiacus South America 19.3 SL 1855
Parancistrus nudiventris South America 22 TL 2005
Pareiorhaphis azygolechis South America 11.7 SL 2002
Pareiorhaphis bahianus South America 12 TL 1947
Pareiorhaphis cameroni South America 17 TL 1907
Pareiorhaphis cerosus South America 11.0 SL 1951
Pareiorhaphis eurycephalus South America 6.3 SL 2002
Pareiorhaphis garapia South America 6.0 SL 2015
Pareiorhaphis garbei South America 14 TL 1911
Pareiorhaphis hypselurus South America 6.9 SL 2002
Pareiorhaphis hystrix South America 11.5 SL 2002
Pareiorhaphis lophia South America 8.2 SL 2014
Pareiorhaphis mucurina South America 9.7 SL 2018
Pareiorhaphis mutuca South America 9.6 SL 1999
Pareiorhaphis nasuta South America 9.5 SL 2007
Pareiorhaphis nudulus South America 3.4 SL 1999
Pareiorhaphis parmula South America 2005
Pareiorhaphis proskynita South America 9.6 SL 2012
Pareiorhaphis regani South America 12.1 SL 1936
Pareiorhaphis ruschii South America 8.5 SL 2012
Pareiorhaphis scutula South America 9.1 SL 2010
Pareiorhaphis splendens South America 6.5 SL 1995
Pareiorhaphis steindachneri South America 14.3 SL 1918
Pareiorhaphis stephanus South America 9.9 SL 1999
Pareiorhaphis stomias South America 5.2 SL 2002
Pareiorhaphis vestigipinnis South America 9.8 SL 1992
Pareiorhina brachyrhyncha South America 4.2 SL 2005
Pareiorhina carrancas South America 4.1 SL 2003
Pareiorhina cepta South America 4.4 SL 2012
Pareiorhina hyptiorhachis South America 3.9 SL 2013
Pareiorhina pelicicei South America 4.7 SL 2015
Pareiorhina rosai South America 4.7 SL 2016
Pareiorhina rudolphi South America. 4.9 SL 1911
Parotocinclus amazonensis South America 2.5 TL 1977
Parotocinclus arandai South America 4.3 SL 2009
Parotocinclus aripuanensis South America 2.1 SL 1988
Parotocinclus bahiensis South America 3.1 SL 1918
Parotocinclus bidentatus South America 3.8 SL 2005
Parotocinclus britskii South America 6 TL 1974
Parotocinclus cearensis South America 5 SL 1977
Parotocinclus cesarpintoi South America 4.0 SL 1939
Parotocinclus collinsae South America 5 SL 1985
Parotocinclus cristatus South America 4 TL 1977
Parotocinclus doceanus South America 4.4 SL 1918
Parotocinclus eppleyi South America 3.0 SL 1993
Parotocinclus fluminense South America 3.1 SL 2017
Parotocinclus halbothi South America 2.0 SL 2014
Parotocinclus haroldoi South America 3.5 SL 1988
Parotocinclus jacksoni South America 4.2 SL 2021
Parotocinclus jequi South America 5.4 SL 2013
Parotocinclus jimi South America 4 TL 1977
Parotocinclus jumbo South America 5.8 SL 2002
Parotocinclus longirostris South America 2.7 SL 1988
Parotocinclus maculicauda South America 6.1 TL 1877
Parotocinclus minutus South America 3.3 SL 1977
Parotocinclus muriaensis South America 3.1 SL 2005
Parotocinclus planicauda South America 4.3 SL 2003
Parotocinclus polyochrus South America 3 SL 1988
Parotocinclus prata South America 5.0 SL 2002
Parotocinclus robustus South America 4.2 SL 2012
Parotocinclus seridoensis South America 4.3 SL 2013
Parotocinclus spilosoma South America 6 TL 1941
Parotocinclus spilurus South America 4 SL 1941
Paulasquama callis South America 4.7 SL 2011
Peckoltia bachi South America 14 TL 1898
Peckoltia braueri South America 10.3 SL 1912
Peckoltia brevis South America 11.4 SL 1935
Peckoltia caenosa South America 15.7 SL 2008
Peckoltia capitulata South America 7.6 SL 2012
Peckoltia cavatica South America 7.2 SL 2005
Peckoltia compta South America 6.2 SL 2010
Peckoltia ephippiata South America 10.2 SL 2015
Peckoltia furcata South America 9.2 SL 1940
Peckoltia greedoi South America 7.8 SL 2015
Peckoltia lineola South America 9.7 SL 2008
Peckoltia lujani South America 7.5 SL 2015
Peckoltia multispinis Bristlemouth catfish South America 14.8 TL 1929
Peckoltia oligospila South America 15 TL 1864
Peckoltia otali South America 7.7 SL 2012
Peckoltia pankimpuju South America 13.0 SL 2008
Peckoltia sabaji South America 19.8 SL 2003
Peckoltia simulata South America 8.3 SL 2012
Peckoltia vermiculata South America 13 SL 1908
Peckoltia vittata South America 15 TL 1881
Peckoltia wernekei South America 2016
Planiloricaria cryptodon South America 21.5 SL 1971
Plesioptopoma curvidens South America 9.2 SL 2012
Pogonopoma obscurum South America 24.9 SL 2002
Pogonopoma parahybae South America 26.3 SL 1877
Pogonopoma wertheimeri South America 22.3 SL 1867
Proloricaria prolixa South America 46.2 SL 1978
Pseudacanthicus fordii South America 23 TL 1868
Pseudacanthicus histrix South America 90 TL 1840
Pseudacanthicus leopardus South America 15 TL 1914
Pseudacanthicus pirarara South America 40.5 TL 2016
Pseudacanthicus pitanga South America, Brazil 30 SL 2015
Pseudacanthicus serratus South America 32.3 SL 1840
Pseudacanthicus spinosus South America 26 SL 1855
Pseudancistrus asurini South America 25.1 TL 2015
Pseudancistrus barbatus Bearded catfish South America 20 SL 1840
Pseudancistrus coquenani South America 8.1 SL 1915
Pseudancistrus corantijniensis South America 17.9 SL 2008
Pseudancistrus depressus South America 13 TL 1868
Pseudancistrus genisetiger South America 10.3 SL 1941
Pseudancistrus guentheri South America 12 TL 1904
Pseudancistrus kayabi South America 8.8 SL 2015
Pseudancistrus kwinti South America 9.4 SL 2010
Pseudancistrus longispinis South America 10.4 SL 1983
Pseudancistrus niger South America 15.9 SL 1926
Pseudancistrus nigrescens South America 18.2 TL 1912
Pseudancistrus orinoco South America 10 TL 1988
Pseudancistrus papariae South America 15.3 SL 1941
Pseudancistrus pectegenitor South America 24.2 SL 2007
Pseudancistrus reus South America 7.7 SL 2008
Pseudancistrus sidereus South America 17.6 SL 2004
Pseudancistrus yekuana South America 4.3 SL 2007
Pseudancistrus zawadzkii South America 12.9 SL 2014
Pseudohemiodon amazonum South America 9.2 SL 1941
Pseudohemiodon apithanos South America 14.5 SL 1978
Pseudohemiodon devincenzii South America 14.3 SL 1950
Pseudohemiodon lamina South America 15.9 SL 1868
Pseudohemiodon laticeps South America 29.8 SL 1904
Pseudohemiodon platycephalus South America 18 SL 1853
Pseudohemiodon thorectes South America 11.7 SL 1975
Pseudohemiodon unillano South America 20.1 SL 2019
Pseudolithoxus anthrax South America 12.4 SL 2000
Pseudolithoxus dumus South America 10.1 SL 2000
Pseudolithoxus kelsorum South America 6.6 SL 2011
Pseudolithoxus kinja South America 15.3 SL 2018
Pseudolithoxus nicoi South America 11.4 SL 2000
Pseudolithoxus tigris South America 9.4 SL 2000
Pseudoloricaria laeviuscula South America 36 SL 1840
Pseudoqolus koko South America 9.0 SL 2012
Pseudorinelepis genibarbis South America 35.6 SL 1840
Pseudotocinclus juquiae South America 3.2 SL 2005
Pseudotocinclus parahybae South America 2005
Pseudotocinclus tietensis South America 6.2 SL 1907
Pseudotothyris ignota South America 3.3 SL 2014
Pseudotothyris janeirensis South America 5 SL 1984
Pseudotothyris obtusa South America 4 SL 1911
Pterosturisoma microps South America 16.1 SL 1942
Pterygoplichthys ambrosettii South America 55 TL 1893
Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus Vermiculated sailfin catfish South America 70 TL 1991
Pterygoplichthys etentaculatus South America 30 SL 1829
Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps Leopard pleco South America 50 TL 1854
Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus South America 39.5 SL 1991
Pterygoplichthys lituratus South America 37 SL 1854
Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus Orinoco sailfin catfish South America 50 TL 1828
Pterygoplichthys pardalis Amazon sailfin catfish South America 57.8 TL 1855
Pterygoplichthys parnaibae South America 29 SL 1991
Pterygoplichthys punctatus Corroncho South America 28.5 SL 1854
Pterygoplichthys scrophus South America 27.5 SL 1874
Pterygoplichthys undecimalis South America 50 SL 1878
Pterygoplichthys weberi South America 19.7 SL 2006
Pterygoplichthys xinguensis South America 37.5 TL 1991
Pterygoplichthys zuliaensis South America 1991
Pyxiloricaria menezesi South America 14 SL 1984
Reganella depressa South America 11.3 SL 1853
Rhadinoloricaria bahuaja South America 16.4 SL 1999
Rhadinoloricaria condei South America 14.1 SL 1986
Rhadinoloricaria laani South America 13 SL 1988
Rhadinoloricaria listrorhinos South America 13.6 SL 1988
Rhadinoloricaria macromystax South America 14.2 SL 1869
Rhadinoloricaria ommation South America 9.8 SL 1988
Rhadinoloricaria papillosa South America 7.4 SL 2023
Rhadinoloricaria rhami South America 12.7 SL 1983
Rhadinoloricaria stewarti South America 12.5 SL 2020
Rhinelepis aspera South America 49 TL 1829
Rhinelepis strigosa South America 48 SL 1840
Rhinolekos britskii South America 4 SL 2011
Rhinolekos capetinga South America 3.9 SL 2015
Rhinolekos garavelloi South America 3.6 SL 2011
Rhinolekos schaeferi South America 3.8 SL 2011
Rhinotocinclus discolor South America 2.5 SL 2022
Rhinotocinclus isabelae South America 1.9 SL 2022
Rhinotocinclus loxochelis South America 2.3 SL 2022
Rhinotocinclus marginalis South America 2.5 SL 2022
Rhinotocinclus pilosus South America 2.3 SL 2022
Rhinotocinclus variola South America 2.9 SL 2015
Ricola macrops South America 21 SL 1904
Rineloricaria aequalicuspis South America 16.1 SL 2001
Rineloricaria altipinnis Central America 15.4 SL 1925
Rineloricaria anhaguapitan South America 12.7 SL 2008
Rineloricaria anitae South America 11.7 SL 2008
Rineloricaria aurata South America 2003
Rineloricaria baliola South America 23.9 SL 2008
Rineloricaria beni South America 7.8 SL 1924
Rineloricaria cacerensis South America 1912
Rineloricaria cadeae South America 12.8 SL 1868
Rineloricaria capitonia South America 19.2 SL 2008
Rineloricaria caracasensis South America 1862
Rineloricaria castroi South America 16 SL 1984
Rineloricaria catamarcensis South America 11 1895
Rineloricaria cubataonis South America 5.4 SL 1907
Rineloricaria daraha South America 20.1 SL 2008
Rineloricaria eigenmanni South America 10.2 SL 1908
Rineloricaria fallax South America 15.7 SL 1915
Rineloricaria felipponei South America 11.3 1943
Rineloricaria formosa South America 15.2 SL 1979
Rineloricaria hasemani South America 19.8 SL 1979
Rineloricaria henselii South America 7.5 SL 1907
Rineloricaria heteroptera South America 13.3 SL 1976
Rineloricaria hoehnei South America 5.8 SL 1912
Rineloricaria isaaci South America 10.2 SL 2008
Rineloricaria jaraguensis South America 18.5 1909
Rineloricaria jubata South America 21 SL 1902
Rineloricaria jurupari South America 2018
Rineloricaria konopickyi South America 9.6 SL 1879
Rineloricaria kronei South America 1911
Rineloricaria lanceolata Chocolate-colored catfish South America 12.3 TL 1868
Rineloricaria langei South America 11.7 SL 2008
Rineloricaria latirostris South America 36 TL 1900
Rineloricaria lima South America. 1853
Rineloricaria longicauda Elongated whiptail catfish South America 13.2 SL 1983
Rineloricaria maacki South America 13.6 SL 2008
Rineloricaria magdalenae South America 20 1879
Rineloricaria malabarbai South America 10.2 SL 2008
Rineloricaria maquinensis South America 8.5 SL 2001
Rineloricaria melini South America 13 SL 1959
Rineloricaria microlepidogaster South America 19.3 SL 1904
Rineloricaria microlepidota South America 14.5 1907
Rineloricaria misionera South America 9.7 SL 2005
Rineloricaria morrowi South America 16.5 1940
Rineloricaria nigricauda South America 6.5 SL 1904
Rineloricaria osvaldoi South America 16.8 SL 2008
Rineloricaria pareiacantha South America 10 1943
Rineloricaria parva South America 11 SL 1895
Rineloricaria pentamaculata South America 1994
Rineloricaria phoxocephala South America 15 SL 1889
Rineloricaria platyura South America 14 SL 1849
Rineloricaria quadrensis South America 14.7 SL 1983
Rineloricaria reisi South America 19.8 SL 2008
Rineloricaria sanga South America 10.0 SL 2008
Rineloricaria setepovos South America 10.6 SL 2008
Rineloricaria sneiderni South America 18 1944
Rineloricaria steindachneri South America 19 TL 1904
Rineloricaria stellata South America 11.0 SL 2008
Rineloricaria stewarti South America 10 SL 1909
Rineloricaria strigilata Santa Cruz whiptail catfish South America 13.9 SL 1868
Rineloricaria teffeana South America 14 SL 1879
Rineloricaria thrissoceps South America 10.6 1943
Rineloricaria tropeira South America 10.3 SL 2008
Rineloricaria wolfei South America 14.9 1940
Rineloricaria zaina South America 13.9 SL 2008
Schizolecis guentheri South America 4 SL 1918
Scobinancistrus aureatus South America 29 TL 1994
Scobinancistrus pariolispos South America 27 TL 1989
Soromonichthys stearleyi South America 3.0 SL 2011
Spatuloricaria atratoensis South America 34.0 SL 1944
Spatuloricaria caquetae South America 37 1943
Spatuloricaria curvispina South America 40 SL 1942
Spatuloricaria euacanthagenys South America 52 1979
Spatuloricaria evansii South America 28.2 SL 1892
Spatuloricaria fimbriata Central and South America 8.4 SL 1912
Spatuloricaria gymnogaster South America 370 SL 1912
Spatuloricaria lagoichthys South America 30.6 SL 1944
Spatuloricaria nudiventris South America 20.4 SL 1840
Spatuloricaria phelpsi South America 33.8 SL 1944
Spatuloricaria puganensis South America 22 1937
Spatuloricaria terracanticum South America 28.6 SL 2018
Spatuloricaria tuira South America 46 TL 2014
Spectracanthicus immaculatus South America 8.2 SL 2014
Spectracanthicus murinus South America 9.7 SL 1987
Spectracanthicus punctatissimus South America 10.6 SL 1881
Spectracanthicus tocantinensis South America 9.3 SL 2014
Spectracanthicus zuanoni South America 24 TL 2014
Sturisoma barbatum South America 28 SL 1853
Sturisoma brevirostre South America 20.7 SL 1889
Sturisoma caquetae South America 19.3 1945
Sturisoma graffini South America 26.6 SL 2018
Sturisoma guentheri South America 23 SL 1904
Sturisoma lyra South America 25 TL 1904
Sturisoma monopelte South America 26.5 1914
Sturisoma nigrirostrum South America 22 1940
Sturisoma robustum South America 25 SL 1904
Sturisoma rostratum South America 19 1829
Sturisoma tenuirostre South America 12.6 SL 1910
Sturisomatichthys aureum South America 20 SL 1900
Sturisomatichthys citurensis Central America 25 SL 1913
Sturisomatichthys dariense Central America 25.4 1913
Sturisomatichthys festivum South America 16.9 SL 1942
Sturisomatichthys frenatum South America 24 SL 1902
Sturisomatichthys kneri South America 23.9 SL 2005
Sturisomatichthys leightoni South America 18 SL 1912
Sturisomatichthys panamense Central and South America 26 SL 1889
Sturisomatichthys tamanae South America 22.5 TL 1912
Transancistrus aequinoctialis South America 9.0 SL 1909
Transancistrus santarosensis South America 7.7 SL 2012



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