Loricariinae
Bonaparte, 1831
Pseudohemiodon sp., photo by M.H. Sabaj
Rhadinoloricaria macromystax, Photo by M.H. Sabaj
Rineloricaria formosa, Photo by N.K. Lujan
Currently, the best published information on the Loricariinae can be found in Burgess (1989), but Rapp Py-Daniel's (1997) dissertation is an excellent resource.
GENERA
- Acestra Kner 1853 (synonym of Farlowella)
- Apistoloricaria Isbrücker and Nijssen 1986
- Aposturisoma Isbrücker, Britski, Nijssen, and Ortega 1983
- Brochiloricaria Isbrücker and Nijssen 1979
- Crossoloricaria Isbrücker 1979
- Cteniloricaria Isbrücker and Nijssen 1979
- Dasyloricaria Isbrücker and Nijssen 1979
- Dentectus Martín Salazar, Isbrücker and Nijssen 1982
- Eucanthagenys (Synonym of Spatuloricaria) Fowler 1945
- Farlowella Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1889
- Fonchiiichthys Isbrücker and Michels 2001 (Synonym of Rineloricaria)
- Furcodontichthys Rapp Py-Daniel 1981
- Fusiloricaria (synonym of Loricaria) Fowler 1940
- Harttia Steindachner 1877
- Harttiella Boeseman 1971
- Hemiloricaria Bleeker 1862 (synonym of Rineloricaria)
- Hemiodon Kner 1852 (synonym of Reganella)
- Hemiodontichthys Bleeker 1862
- Ixinandria Isbrücker and Nijssen 1979
- Lamontichthys Miranda Ribeiro 1939
- Leliella Isbrücker 2001 (Synonym of Rineloricaria)
- Limatulichthys Isbrücker and Nijssen 1979
- Loricaria Linnaeus 1758
- Loricariichthys Bleeker 1862
- Metaloricaria Isbrücker 1975
- Oxyloricaria Bleeker 1862 (synonym of Sturisoma)
- Parahemiodon Bleeker 1862 (synonym of Loricariichthys)
- Paraloricaria Isbrücker 1979
- Parasturisoma Miranda Ribeiro 1911
- Planiloricaria Isbrücker 1971
- Proloricaria Isbrücker 2001 (Synonym of Loricaria)
- Pseudohemiodon Bleeker 1862
- Pseudoloricaria Bleeker 1862
- Pterosturisoma Isbrücker and Nijssen 1978
- Pyxiloricaria Isbrücker and Nijssen 1984
- Quiritixys Isbrücker 2001 (Synonym of Harttia)
- Reganella Eigenmann 1905
- Rhadinoloricaria Isbrücker and Nijssen 1974
- Ricola Isbrücker and Nijssen 1978
- Rineloricaria Bleeker 1862
- Spatuloricaria Schultz 1944
- Sturisoma Swainson 1838
- Sturisomatichthys Isbrücker and Nijssen 1979
COMPARISONS
Loricariinae can be separated from all but some hypoptopomatines based
on the derived presence of a greatly dorso-ventrally flattened caudal peduncle
that is rectangular in cross-section. Loricariinae can be separated
from Hypoptopomatines by lacking exposure of the pectoral girdle mesial
to the coracoid strut.
LITERATURE CITED
Burgess, W.E. 1989. An atlas of freshwater and
marine catfishes, a preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. T.F.H. Publications,
Neptune City, New Jersey. 784 pp.
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