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Aspredinidae (Bratpfannenwelse)
Astroblepidae (Kletterwelse)
Auchenipteridae (Falsche Dornwelse)
Cetopsidae (Walwelse)
Doradidae (Dornwelse)
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Loricariidae (Harnischwelse)
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Otothyrinae
Rhinelepinae
with genus
Genus
Length (total)
Body
height
dorsal
fin
soft
rays
Adi
pose
Apistoloricaria
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1986
16
very flat
6
no
Aposturisoma
Isbrücker, Britski, Nijssen & Ortega, 1983
25
5
no
Brochiloricaria
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1979
40
flat
no
teeth with equal size on both jaws
Cheilonimata
Provenzano-Rizzi, 2023
9
very flat
no
Crossoloricaria
Issbrücker, 1979
30
very flat
no
Cteniloricaria
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1979
20
very flat
7
no
Dasyloricaria
Isbrücker, Nijssen, 1979
40
height
no
Dentectus
Salazar, Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1982
15
very flat
6
no
Farlowella
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
Schnabel-, Faden-, Nadelwelse
30
no
Fonchiiichthys
Isbrücker & Michels, 2001
20
flat
Fonchiiloricaria
Rodriguez, Ortega & Covain, 2011
20
no
12 soft rays in the caudal fin
Furcodontichthys
Rapp Py-Daniel, 1981
15
flat
6
no
2 large, widely branched lip barbels, pointed head
Harttia
Steindachner, 1876
20
very flat
6
no
very broad, flattened caudal peduncle
Harttiella
Boeseman, 1971
7
very flat
6 - 7
no
Hemiloricaria
Bleeker, 1862
Hexenwelse
25
very flat
7 ( - 8)
no
Hemiodontichthys
Bleeker, 1862
15
flat
6
no
Ixinandria
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1979
13
very flat
no
Lamontichthys
Miranda Ribeiro, 1939
28
normal
no
Leliella
Isbrücker, 2001
17
flat
no
Limatulichthys
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1979
28
flat
6
no
Loricaria
Linnaeus, 1758
35
flat
6 - 7
no
finely feathery mouth
Loricariichthys
Bleeker, 1862
Riesenhexenwelse
50
flat
no
Metaloricaria
Isbrücker, 1975
35
6
no
Paraloricaria
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1979
60
flat
yes
Planiloricaria
Isbrücker, 1971
35
very flat
no
very small eyes, disk-shaped head
Proloricaria
Isbrücker, 2001
50
flat
Pseudohemiodon
Bleeker, 1862
Flunderharnischwelse
35
very flat
no
Pseudoloricaria
Blecker, 1862
30
flat
no
Pterosturisoma
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1978
20
flat
6
no
Pyxiloricaria
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1984
20
very flat
no
triangular head
Reganella
Eigenmann, 1905
15
very flat
6
no
Rhadinoloricaria
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1974
17
very flat
no
long, pointed head
Ricola
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1978
25
flat
Rineloricaria
Bleeker, 1862
36
no
Spatuloricaria
Schulz, 1944
Kammharnischwelse
60
very flat
7
no
Sturisoma
Swainson, 1838
Störwelse
35
no
Sturisomatichthys
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1979
27
7
no
37 entries found
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
1, 2, 6, 25, 26, 27
Juan Guillermo Ospina Pabon
(
CC BY-NC 3.0
)
3
The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London
(
CC BY 4.0
)
4, 29
Londoño-Burbano & Reis
(
CC BY 4.0
)
5
Enrico Richter
7, 14, 28, 31
R. Kner & F. Steindachner
(
CC BY-NC 4.0
)
8
Johann Forsthuber (Zierfisch Zentrum - Austria)
9
Hans-Georg Evers
10, 18, 21
V. de Brito & P.A. Buckup
(
CC BY 4.0
)
11
Hadrien Lalagüe (Guyane Wild Fish Association)
12
Jansen Zuanon (
CC BY-NC 3.0
)
13
Felipe Alonso
15
Sven Nowack
16, 23
Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle
(
CC BY-NC 3.0
)
19
Paul Louis Oudart (1796–1860)
20
Collins, Ribeiro, Machado, Hrbek & Farias
(
CC BY 4.0
)
24
Rudolph Kner (1854) (
PD
)
30
Armin Ackermann
32, 33
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