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The following plecos are classified as endangered or extinct according to IUCN

The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization for species conservation, including pleco species. For this purpose, the species are classified into specific categories according to the current threat. The species are classified as "vulnerable", "endangered", "critically endangered", "extinct in nature" and "extinct". They assigned diferent plecos to these categories.

Criterias:
Family: Loricariidae
IUNC Red List: VU EN CR EW EX

Species
Country
Origin

Length
(cm)

AQ
(cm)

T.
(°C)

Bree
ding

Ancistomus snethlageae (L 141)
Steindachner, 1911

Brazil
Rio Tapajós bei Villa Braga und Goyana
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: endangered

150

26 - 30

multiple

Ancistomus snethlageae (L 215)
Steindachner, 1911

Brazil
Rio Tapajós bei Villa Braga und Goyana
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: endangered

150

26 - 30

multiple

Ancistrus sp. aff. bolivianus

Bolivia
Rio Mamoré-Einzug
(Beni)
IUCN: vulnerable

22 - 26

unknown

Ancistrus cryptophthalmus
Reis, 1987

Brazil
Caverna Passa Três
(Goiás)
IUCN: endangered

Reis, R.E., 1987 "Ancistrus cryptophthalmus sp. n., a blind mailed catfish from the Tocantins River basin, Brazil (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)"

19 - 25

Catfish Atlas 2

Ancistrus falconensis
Taphorn, Armbruster & Rodríguez-Olarte, 2010

Venezuela
río Aurarima, río Hueque-, río Ricoa-Einzug
(Falcon, Yaracuy)
IUCN: vulnerable

Taphorn, D.C.; Armbruster, J.W. & Rodríguez-Olarte, D., 2010 "Ancistrus falconensis n. sp. and A. gymnorhynchus Kner (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from central Venezuelan Caribbean coastal streams"

120

25 - 29

unknown

Ancistrus formoso
Sabino & Trajano, 1997

Brazil
Höhlen im Rio Formoso-Einzug
(Mato Grosso do Sul)
IUCN: vulnerable

Sabino, J. & E. Trajano, 1997 "A new species of blind armoured catfish, genus Ancistrus, from caves of Bodoquena region, Mato Grosso do Sul, southwestern Brazil (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Ancistrinae)"

unknown

Ancistrus marcapatae
Regan, 1904

Peru
Valle de Marcapata, rio Inambari-Einzug
(Cuzco)
IUCN: endangered

Ancistrus marcapatae, MUSM 57853, 54,6 mm SL, male; Peru, Manu, rio Madre de Dios drainage, rio Adanrayo

unknown

Ancistrus minutus
Fisch-Muller, Mazzoni & Weber, 2001

Brazil
Oberer Rio Tocantins-Einzug
(Goiás)
IUCN: endangered

Fisch-Muller, S., Mazzoni, R. and Weber, C., 2001 "Genetic and morphological evidences for two new sibling species of Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) in upper rio Tocantins drainage, Brazil"

25 - 29

unknown

Ancistrus tolima
Taphorn, Armbruster, Villa-Navarro and Ray, 2013

Colombia
quebrada El Pescado nahe San Pablo
(Tolima)
IUCN: endangered

Taphorn, Armbruster, Villa-Navarro & Ray, 2013 "Trans-Andean Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)"

unknown

Ancistrus vericaucanus
Taphorn, Armbruster, Villa-Navarro & Ray, 2013

Colombia
Río La Vieja, El Broche, Río Barragán
(Cauca, Quindío)
IUCN: endangered

Taphorn, Armbruster, Villa-Navarro & Ray, 2013 "Trans-Andean Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)"

unknown

Aposturisoma myriodon
Isbrücker, Britski, Nijssen & Ortega, 1983

Peru
Río Aguaytia, río Huacamayo
(Ucayali)
IUCN: critical endangered

Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1983 "Aposturisoma myriodon, une espèce et un genre nouveaux de Poisson-Chat cuirassé, tribu Farlowellini Fowler, 1958 du Bassin du Rio Ucayali, Pérou (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)"

150

23 - 26

unknown

Baryancistrus longipinnis
Kindle, 1895

Brazil
Rio Tocantins - Einzug, Trocera = Trocará Indigenous territory
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: critical endangered

Baryancistrus longipinnis, Holotype, lateral

120

25 - 29

unknown

Baryancistrus niveatus (L 26)
de Castelnau, 1855

Brazil
Rio Tocantins, Rio Araguaia
(Goiás, Pará, Tocantins, Mato Grosso)
IUCN: critical endangered

>30

200

25 - 29

unknown

Chaetostoma branickii
Steindachner, 1881

Peru
Río Chotano
(Cajamarca, Amazonas (PER))
IUCN: vulnerable

100

unknown

Chaetostoma changae (L 334)
Salcedo, 2006

Peru
río Tullumayo, río Monzon, río Aucayacu, río Uchiza, río Pacota, río Huainabe, río Huantanamo
(Huánuco, San Martin)
IUCN: endangered

Salcedo, Norma J., 2006 "New Species of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Central Peru"

100

22 - 27

unknown

Chaetostoma chimu
Urbano-Bonilla & Ballen, 2020

Colombia
río Sardinata, río Guayabero, caño Camoa, río Guamal, río Caja, río Güejar, río Boyagua, río Chitamena, río Cusianarío Unete, río Upamena
(Casanare, Cundinamarca, Meta)
IUCN: vulnerable

Urbano-Bonilla, A. & Ballen, G.A., 2020 "A new species of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Orinoco basin with comments on Amazonian species of the genus in Colombia" (abstract)

100

21 - 29

unknown

Chaetostoma daidalmatos
Salcedo, 2006

Peru
Tingo Maria, Rio Huallaga
(Huánuco, San Martín)
IUCN: endangered

Salcedo, Norma J., 2006 "Two new species of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Huallaga River in central Peru"

120

unknown

Chaetostoma guairense
Steindachner, 1881

Venezuela
río Guaire, río Tuy, río Tarma, río Aragua, río Limon, río Mesia, lago Valencia
(Caracas, Aragua, Merida)
IUCN: vulnerable

19 - 25

unknown

Chaetostoma lepturum
Regan, 1912

Colombia
Río Tamana, río San Juan-Einzug, río Condoto
(Chocó)
IUCN: endangered

150

unknown

Chaetostoma loborhynchos
Tschudi, 1846

Peru
río Paucartambo, río Tulumayo, río Tambo, quebrada Acomayo
(Pasco, Junín, Huánaco)
IUCN: endangered

>15

100

unknown

Chaetostoma marmorescens
Eigenmann & Allen, 1942

Peru
río Huancachupa, río Rondos, río Monzon, río Huallaga-Einzug bei Huánuco und Tingo Maria
(Huánuco)
IUCN: vulnerable

Eigenmann, C.H. & Allen, W.R., 1942 "Fishes of Western South America I. The Intercordilleran an Amazonian Lowlands of Peru II. The High Pampas of Peru, Bolivia, and Nothern Chile - With Revision of the Peruvian Gymnotidae, and of the Genus ORESTIAS"

100

unknown

Chaetostoma palmeri
Regan, 1912

Colombia
Río Tamana, Río San Juan-Einzug
(Chocó)
IUCN: endangered

unknown

Chaetostoma stroumpoulos
Salcedo, 2006

Peru
Tingo Maria, Rio Huallaga
(Huánuco, San Martín)
IUCN: endangered

Salcedo, Norma J., 2006 "Two new species of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Huallaga River in central Peru"

100

unknown

Cheilonimata papillosa
Crispim-Rodrigues, Bernt, Waltz, Silva, Benine, Oliviera, Covain & Roxo, 2023

Brazil
riio Demini, rio Araçá, rio Negro
(Amazonas (BRA))
IUCN: endangered

Crispim-Rodrigues, J.L.; Bernt, M.J.; Waltz, B.T.; Silva, G.S.C.; Benine, R.C.; Oliveira, C., Covain, R. & Roxo,F.F., 2023 "A new species of mailed catfish of genus Rhadinoloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from Rio Negro basin, Brazil" (abstract)

unknown

Corumbataia britskii
Ferreira & Ribeiro, 2007

Brazil
córrego Pedra Azul, córrego Fazendinha
(Mato Grosso do Sul)
IUCN: vulnerable

Ferreira & Ribeiro, 2007 "Corumbataia britskii (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) a new species from the upper Rio Paraná basin, Mato Grosso do Sul, Central Brazil"

unknown

Delturus parahybae
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889

Brazil
Rio Pomba
(Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais)
IUCN: critical endangered

150

unknown

Eurycheilichthys apocremnus
Roberto E. Reis, 2017

Brazil
arroio Fãozinho, rio Fão-Einzug
(Rio Grande do Sul)
IUCN: critical endangered

Eurycheilichthys apocremnus, new species, holotype, MCP 40660, 47.0 mm SL, male, Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Barros Cassal, creek tributary to rio Fão.

16 - 21

unknown

Farlowella martini
Fernández-Yépez, 1972

Colombia
Río Aroa, río Yaracuy, río Guarataro, río Tupe, quebrada Guáquira, río Alpargatón, Küstengewässer
(Yaracuy, Carabobo, Aroa)
IUCN: vulnerable

Fernández-Yépez, A., 1972 "Análisis ictiológico del complejo hidrográfico (04) "Río Yaracuy""

150

unknown

Harttia depressa
Rapp Py-Daniel & de Oliveira, 2001

Brazil
rio Uatumã
(Amazonas (BRA))
IUCN: endangered

Rapp Py-Daniel & Oliveira, E., 2001 "Seven new species of Harttia from the Amazonian-Guyana region (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)"

100

26 - 30

unknown

Harttia dissidens
Rapp Py-Daniel & Oliveira, 2001

Brazil
Rio Tapajos bei Pimental
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: vulnerable

120

26 - 30

unknown

Hemiancistrus megalopteryx
Cardoso, 2004

Brazil
Rio Tubarão
(Santa Catarina)
IUCN: endangered

Cardoso, A.R., 2004 "Hemiancistrus megalopteryx • a new species of loricariid catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Tubaro drainage, Santa Catarina State, Brazil" (abstract)

150

unknown

Hemipsilichthys gobio
Lütken, 1874

Brazil
Rio Parahyba = rio Paraiba do Sul-Einzug, rio Paquequer, rio Preto, arroio Macaquinho
(Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Minas Gerais)
IUCN: endangered

100

16 - 20

unknown

Hopliancistrus tricornis (L 212)
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1989

Brazil
Cachoeira do Maranhãozinho, Cachoeira do Lombo de Anta, río Tapajós, Poça de Pedra
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: endangered

100

26 - 30

unknown

Hypancistrus zebra (L 46)
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1991

Brazil
Rio Xingu, stromabwärts von Altamira bis Belo Monte
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: critical endangered

26 - 30

multiple

Hypancistrus zebra (L 98)
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1991

Brazil
Rio Xingu, flussabwärts von Altamira
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: critical endangered

26 - 30

multiple

Hypostomus annectens
Regan, 1904

Ecuador, Colombia
río San Miguel, San Javier de Cachabí, río Durango, río Cayapas-, río Toachi, río Patía-Einzug
(Esmeraldas)
IUCN: vulnerable

150

unknown

Hypostomus subcarinatus
Castelnau, 1855

Brazil
Lagoa da Pampulha im rio das Velas-Einzug
(Minas Gerais)
IUCN: critical endangered

Hypostomus subcarinatus, 196.5 mm SL, Lagoa da Pampulha

200

20 - 25

unknown

Hypostomus wilsoni
Eigenmann, 1916

Colombia
Rio Truando-Einzug
(Chocó)
IUCN: vulnerable

150

25 - 29

unknown

Isbrueckerichthys saxicola
Jerep, Shibatta, Pereira & Oyakawa, 2006

Brazil
ribeirão Jacutinga
(Paraná)
IUCN: critical endangered

Jerep, F.C.; Shibatta, O.A., Pereira, E.H.L. & Oyakawa, O.T., 2006 "Two new species of Isbrueckerichthys Derijst, 1996 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Paranapanema basin, Brazil"

unknown

Lamontichthys avacanoeiro
A. de Carvalho Paixão, M. Toledo-Piza, 2009

Brazil
rio Tocantins, rio das Almas, rio Bagagem, rio Passa Três, rio Traíras, rio Tocantizinho-Einzug
(Goiás)
IUCN: endangered

Lamontichthys avacanoeiro, MNRJ 32795, 150.5 mm SL

120

26 - 30

unknown

Lamontichthys parakana
de Carvalho Paixão & Toledo-Piza, 2009

Brazil
unterer Rio Tocantins
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: critical endangered

Lamontichthys parakana, INPA 3010, 112,7 mm SL, Holotype

100

26 - 30

unknown

Leporacanthicus joselimai (L 264)
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1989

Brazil
Rio Tapajós
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: vulnerable

120

26 - 30

multiple

Lithogenes valencia
Provenzano, 2003

Venezuela
Lago Valencia-Einzug
(Carabobo)
IUCN: possibly extinct

Provenzano, F.; Schaefer, S.A.; Baskin, J.N. & Royero-Leon, R., 2003 "New, possibly extinct lithogenine loricariid (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from northern Venezuela"

25 - 29

unknown

Lithoxus lithoides
Eigenmann, 1912

Brazil, Guyana, Suriname
Potaro River, Essequibo River, Corantijn River
(Upper Demerara-Berbice, Potaro-Siparuni, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, East Berbice-Corentyne, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Sipaliwini,Nickerie)
IUCN: vulnerable

Lithoxus lithoides, AUM 39040, 49 mm SL, Guyana, Essequibo River at Yukanopito Falls

23 - 27

unknown

Loricaria coximensis
Rodriguez, Cavallaro & Thomas, 2012

Brazil
Rio Coxim
(Mato Grosso do Sul)
IUCN: critical endangered

Rodriguez, M.S.; Cavallaro, M.R. & Thomas, M.R., 2012 "A New Diminutive Species of Loricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Paraguay System, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil"

unknown

Microlepidogaster perforatus
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889

Brazil
Oberer rio Paraná-Einzug, Rio Carandaí
(Minas Gerais)
IUCN: critical endangered

23 - 26

unknown

Neoplecostomus botucatu
Roxo, Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012

Brazil
Córrego Águas de Madalena bei Botucatu
(São Paulo)
IUCN: vulnerable

Roxo, F.F.; Oliveira, C. & Zawadzki, C.H., 2012 "Three new species of Neoplecostomus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Upper Rio Paraná basin of southeastern Brazil"

unknown

Neoplecostomus pirangaensis
Oliveira & Oyakawa, 2019

Brazil
rio Piranga, córrego Cachoeirinha im ribeirão Guarará-, im oberen rio Doce-Einzug
(Minas Gerais)
IUCN: critical endangered

Oliveira, J.C. de & Oyakawa, O.T., 2019 "New loricariid fishes from headwaters on Serra da Mantiqueira and Complexo do Espinhaço, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae)"

unknown

Neoplecostomus selenae
Zawadzki, Pavanelli, & Langeani, 2008

Brazil
Ribeirão Grande, Ribeirão das Batéias
(São Paulo)
IUCN: endangered

Zawadzki, C.H.; Pavanelli, C.S. & Langeani, F., 2008 "Neoplecostomus (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the upper Rio Paraná basin, Brazil, with description of three new species"

unknown

Otocinclus cocama
Reis, 2004

Peru
quebrada Yanayacu
(Loreto)
IUCN: endangered

24 - 28

PCF

Otothyris juquiae
Garavello, Britski & Schaefer, 1998

Brazil
arroyo Poço Grande, arroyo Palhau, rio Juquiá-Einzug, rio Quilombo
(São Paulo)
IUCN: critical endangered

Garavello, J.C.; Heraldo, A. & Schaefer, S.A., 1998 "Systematics of the genus Otothyris Myers 1927, with comments on geographic distribution (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Hypoptopomatinae)"

16 - 20

unknown

Panaqolus albivermis (L 204)
Lujan, Steele & Velasquez, 2013

Peru
Río Alejandro, mittlerer bis oberer Ucayali Einzug
(Padre Abad, Irazola)
IUCN: endangered

25 - 29

BSSW

Parancistrus nudiventris (L 31 / LDA 4)
Rapp Py-Daniel, Zuanon, 2005

Brazil
Rio Xingu
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: vulnerable

150

26 - 30

Jacqueline H. Bennett-Leaver (Amazonas Nr. 82)

Pareiorhaphis mutuca
Oliveira & Oyakawa, 1999

Brazil
Córrego Mutuca
(Minas Gerais)
IUCN: endangered

Oliveira, J.C. de & Oyakawa, O.T., 1999 "Two new species of Hemipsilichthys (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from Serra do Espinhaço, Minas Gerais, Brazil"

20 - 24

unknown

Pareiorhaphis nasuta
Pereira, Vieira & Reis, 2007

Brazil
Ribeirão Areia Branca, rio Matipó
(Minas Gerais)
IUCN: critical endangered

Pareiorhaphis nasuta, holotype, male, MCP 41764, 78.6 mm SL. Brazil: Minas Gerais, ribeirão Areia Branca, tributary to the upper rio Matipó, rio Doce drinage

20 - 24

unknown

Pareiorhaphis scutula
Pereira, Vieira & Reis, 2010

Brazil
córrego Prainha
(Minas Gerais)
IUCN: endangered

20 - 24

unknown

Pareiorhaphis togoroi
Oliveira & Oyakawa, 2019

Brazil
Córrego do Sapateiro, ribeirão Senhora das Dores
(Minas Gerais)
IUCN: endangered

unknown

Parotocinclus spilurus
Fowler, 1941

Brazil
rio Salgade, Açude Lima Campos, riacho Machado, rio Jaguaribe
(Ceará)
IUCN: endangered

26 - 30

unknown

Peckoltia compta (L 134)
Oliveira, Zuanon, Rapp Py-Daniel & Rocha, 2010

Brazil
Rio Tapajós bei Pimental, rio Jamanxim
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: endangered

26 - 30

multiple

Pogonopoma obscurum
Quevedo & Reis, 2002

Brazil
Rio Canoas, rio Rancho Grande
(Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul)
IUCN: endangered

150

20 - 27

unknown

Pogonopoma parahybae
Steindachner, 1877

Brazil
Rio Parahyba = Rio Paraiba do Sul
(Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais)
IUCN: endangered

150

19 - 25

unknown

Pseudotocinclus juquiae
Takako, Oliveira & Oyakawa, 2005

Brazil
Ribeirão das Antas, ribeirão Poço Grande, Rio Juquiá-Einzug
(São Paulo)
IUCN: critical endangered

16 - 22

unknown

Pseudotocinclus tietensis
Ihering, 1907

Brazil
Rio Paraitinga, rio Juqueri Mirim, rio Lavras, rio Itatinga, rio Tietê
(São Paulo)
IUCN: vulnerable

16 - 22

unknown

Rineloricaria jurupari
Londoño-Burbano & Urbano-Bonilla, 2018

Colombia
caño La Tigra bei Calamar, caño Bálsamo, caño Frito, río Itilla, caño El Salado, caño Toño, Río Vaupés-Einzug
(Guaviare)
IUCN: endangered

Londoño-Burbano, L. & Urbano-Bonilla, A., 2018 "A new species of Rineloricaria (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the upper Vaupés River, Amazon River basin, Colombia"

26 - 30

unknown

Scobinancistrus aureatus (L 14)
Burgess, 1994

Brazil
rio Xingu, rio Iriri
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: vulnerable

150

26 - 30

Catfish Atlas 2

Scobinancistrus pariolispos (L 133)
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1989

Brazil
Rio Cupari im rio Tapajos-Einzug, rio Tocantins, rio Itacaunas
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: vulnerable

150

26 - 30

unknown

Scobinancistrus raonii (L 82)
Chaves, Oliveira, Gonçales, Sousa & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2023

Brazil
Rio Xingu zwischen Altamira und Vitoria
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: endangered

>20

120

26 - 30

multiple

Sturisoma careirensia
Londoño-Burbano & Britto, 2023

Brazil
lago Janauaca, rio Negro, rio Japurá, lago Mamirauã, Solimões-Einzug
(Amazonas (BRA))
IUCN: vulnerable

Londoño-Burbano, A. & Britto, M.R., 2023 "Taxonomic revision of Sturisoma Swainson, 1838 (Loricariidae: Loricariinae), with descriptions of four new species" (abstract)

180

unknown

Sturisoma frenatum
Sturisomatichthys frenatus
Boulenger, 1902

Colombia, Ecuador
río Cachaví = río Cachabí, río Durango, río Bogota, río Maguí, río Patía, río Telembí, río Tululbí
(Nariño)
IUCN: critical endangered

150

24 - 28

unknown

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