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Family: Loricariidae Armored catfishes



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
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



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