Etymology
para (gr.) - beside, next to, near
Synonyms
Length (total)
5 - 8 cm
Body height
very flat
Coloring
brown, inconspicuous
Sex difference
note body shape and pectoral spin
Breeding behavior
Similar Genus
Additional literatur
- Boeseman, M., 1982 "The South American mailed catfish genus Lithoxus Eigenmann, 1910, with the description of three new species from Surinam and French Guyana and records of related species (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Series C, Biological and Medical Sciences) v. 85 (v: 1): 41-58, Vol. 85 No. 1, P. 46)
Species
Species
Country
Origin
Country
Origin
Length
(cm)
(cm)
AQ
(cm)
(cm)
T.
(°C)
(°C)
Bree
ding
ding
Paralithoxus boujardi
Muller & Isbrücker, 1993
French Guiana
Approuage-Einzug, Crique Japigny
(Cayenne)
Muller & Isbrücker, 1993
French Guiana
Approuage-Einzug, Crique Japigny
(Cayenne)
8
60
25 - 29
unknown
Paralithoxus jariensis
Silva, Covain, Oliveira & Roxo, 2017
Brazil
rio Jari-Einzug bei Laranjal do Jari
(Pará (BRA), Amapá)
Silva, Covain, Oliveira & Roxo, 2017
Brazil
rio Jari-Einzug bei Laranjal do Jari
(Pará (BRA), Amapá)
8
60
26 - 30
unknown
Paralithoxus mocidade
Rapp Py-Daniel, Oliveira, Bastos, Ito, Zuanon & Briglia-Ferreira, 2019
Brazil
Rio Ajarani-Einzug
(Roraima)
Rapp Py-Daniel, Oliveira, Bastos, Ito, Zuanon & Briglia-Ferreira, 2019
Brazil
Rio Ajarani-Einzug
(Roraima)
7
60
21 - 22
unknown
Paralithoxus pallidimaculatus
Boeseman, 1982
Suriname
Suriname River-Einzug
(Sipaliwini, Brokopondo, Commewijne)
Boeseman, 1982
Suriname
Suriname River-Einzug
(Sipaliwini, Brokopondo, Commewijne)
>6
60
24 - 28
unknown
Paralithoxus planquettei (L 44)
Boeseman, 1982
French Guiana
Crique Boulenger, Comté-/Maroni-Einzug, La Mana River, Crique Coco
(Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni)
Boeseman, 1982
French Guiana
Crique Boulenger, Comté-/Maroni-Einzug, La Mana River, Crique Coco
(Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni)
7
60
23 - 27
unknown
6
60
25 - 29
unknown
Paralithoxus cf. raso "L 435" / "LDA 66"
Brazil, Guyana
Rio Branco, Rio Mazaruni
(Roraima, Cuyuni-Mazaruni)
Brazil, Guyana
Rio Branco, Rio Mazaruni
(Roraima, Cuyuni-Mazaruni)
7
60
23 - 27
unknown
unknown
Paralithoxus stocki
Njissen & Isbrücker, 1990
French Guiana, Suriname
Marowijne River = Maroni River-Einzug
(Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Marowijne)
Njissen & Isbrücker, 1990
French Guiana, Suriname
Marowijne River = Maroni River-Einzug
(Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Marowijne)
Nijssen, H. & Isbriicker, I.J.H., 1990 "Lithoxus stocki, a species new to science of ancistrin loricariid catfish from the Maroni River drainage, with a comparison of the primary type specimens of the six species of Lithoxus (syn.: Paralithoxus ) (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)"
Müller, Sonja & Isbrücker, Isaäc J.H. Isbrücker, 1993 "Lithoxus boujardi (Siluriformes, Loricariidae), une espèce nouvelle du bassin de L'Approuague, Guyane Francaise"
Bail, P.Y. Le; Keith, P. & Planquette, P., 2000 "Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane"
Müller, Sonja & Isbrücker, Isaäc J.H. Isbrücker, 1993 "Lithoxus boujardi (Siluriformes, Loricariidae), une espèce nouvelle du bassin de L'Approuague, Guyane Francaise"
Bail, P.Y. Le; Keith, P. & Planquette, P., 2000 "Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane"
6
60
23 - 27
unknown
Paralithoxus surinamensis
Boeseman, 1982
Suriname
Awaradam, Gran Rio, oberer Suriname River-Einzug, Coppename River
(Sipaliwini)
Boeseman, 1982
Suriname
Awaradam, Gran Rio, oberer Suriname River-Einzug, Coppename River
(Sipaliwini)
Nijssen, H. & Isbriicker, I.J.H., 1990 "Lithoxus stocki, a species new to science of ancistrin loricariid catfish from the Maroni River drainage, with a comparison of the primary type specimens of the six species of Lithoxus (syn.: Paralithoxus ) (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)"
Bail, P.Y. Le; Keith, P. & Planquette, P., 2000 "Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane"
Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)"
Bail, P.Y. Le; Keith, P. & Planquette, P., 2000 "Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane"
Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)"
>5
60
24 - 28
unknown
11 entries found.
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Fábio F. Roxo
5, 8
Bubu Schmidt
7
Ingo Seidel
9
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