Loricaria

Linnaeus, 1758
Type species: Loricaria cataphracta
Loricaria cataphracta
Classification
 
Family
 
Subfamily
 
Subtribe
 
Group
Synonyms
Length (total)
9 - 35 cm
Body height
flat
Fins
absent
4 - 5 soft rays
10 soft rays
6 - 7 soft rays
Mouth
finely pinnate
Jaw
premaxillary two times longer than dentary teeth
Breeding behavior
lip breeder
Others
often head deformation in the frys
Strinking
of them
finely feathery mouth
Additional literatur
  • H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" S.579-584

Species

Species
Country
Origin
Length
(cm)
AQ
(cm)
T.
(°C)
Bree
ding
Loricaria apeltogaster
Boulenger, 1895
 
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Urugauy
Río Cuiabá, río Uruguay-, río Paraná-, río Paraguay-Einzug, Pantanal
(Mato Grosso, Santa Fe, Rio Grande do Sul, Misiones, Entre Ríos)
Loricaria apeltogaster
35
150
 
unknown
Loricaria birindellii (L 10)
Thomas & Sabaj Pérez, 2010
 
Brazil
Rio Curuá
(Pará (BRA))
Loricaria birindellii (L 10)
25
120
25 - 29
unknown
Loricaria cataphracta
Linnaeus, 1758
 
Brazil, Surinam, Guyana, Französisch-Guyana
Maroni River = Marowijne River, Küstengewässer Guyana-Staaten, Nordostbrasilien
Loricaria cataphracta
35
150
25 - 29
Aquaristik aktuell 3/97
Loricaria cuffyi
Londoño‐Burbano, Urbano‐Bonilla, Thomas, 2020
 
Guyana, Venezuela
Ireng River, río Manapiare, río Ventuari, Oberer Essequibo River-, oberer rio Negro-, oberer río Orinoco-Einzug
(Amazonas (VEN), Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo)
IUCN: least concern
22
150
 
unknown
Loricaria lata
Eigenmann / Eigenmann, 1889
 
Brazil
rio Tocantins-Einzug, rio Vermelho, rio Fartura
(Goiás)
Loricaria lata
30
150
26 - 30
Catfish Atlas 1
Loricaria lentiginosa
Proloricaria lentiginosa
Isbrücker, 1979
 
Brazil
Represa de Volta Grande, rio Grande, rio Mogi-Guaçu = rio Mojiguaçu, oberer rio Paraná-Einzug
(São Paulo)
Loricaria lentiginosa
50
300
16 - 22
unknown
Loricaria luciae
Thomas, Rodriguez, Cavallaro, Froehlich & Castro, 2013
 
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay
Río Paraguay-, mittlerer río Paraná-Einzug, río Tucavaca, robeorão Baús, rio Jaurú, rio Formoso, corrego Jenipapo, rio Aquidaban
(Corrientes, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Paragiarí, Amambay, Concepcíon, Santa Cruz, Central)
Loricaria luciae
23
150
22 - 27
unknown
Loricaria lundbergi
Thomas & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2008
 
Brazil, Venezuela
rio Negro, río Casiquiare, río Mawarinuma im río Baria-Einzug, rio Jaburu
(Amazonas)
Loricaria lundbergi
16
100
25 - 29
unknown
Loricaria nimairaco
Londoño-Burbano, Urbano-Bonilla, Thomas & Britto, 2023
 
Brazil, Colombia, Peru
Amazonas, laguna Yahuarcaca, río Putomayo, caño Chufiya, río Guineo, río Orteguaza
(Amazonas (COL), Caquetá, Putumayo)
IUCN: least concern
22
150
 
unknown
Loricaria sp. aff. parnahybae "Oyapock"

 
Brazil, French Guiana
Oyapock River
(Cayenne, Amapá)
 
 
 
unknown
Loricaria prolixa
Proloricaria prolixa
Isbrücker & Njissen, 1978
 
Brazil
río Piracicaba, río Corumbatí, Rio Grande, oberer Rio Paraná, río de La Plata? , rio Mogi-Guaçu
(Paraná, São Paulo)
Loricaria prolixa
35
200
16 - 22
unknown
Loricaria pumila
Thomas & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2008
 
Brazil
unterer rio Tocantins, rio Para, unter rio Tapajos, Amazonas
(Pará (BRA))
Loricaria pumila
10
80
 
unknown
Loricaria simillima
Regan, 1904
 
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, Uruguay
Amazonas-, rio Solimões-, río Paraná-, río Orinoco-, río Uruguay-Einzug
(Amazonas, Pará, Entre Rios, Misiones, Salto)
Loricaria simillima
25
120
24 - 29
multiple
Loricaria cf. simillima "Rio Madeira"

 
Brazil
Rio Madeira
(Amazonas)
25
120
24 - 28
unknown
Loricaria cf. simillima "Rio Tefé"

 
Brazil
Rio Tefé
(Amazonas (BRA))
25
120
24 - 28
unknown
Loricaria sp. "Kolumbien"

 
Colombia
bei Villavicencio
(Meta)
Loricaria sp. "Kolumbien"
20
100
25 - 28
multiple
Loricaria sp. "Río Orituco"

 
Venezuela
Río Orituco
(Guárico)
 
 
 
unknown
Loricaria sp. "LDA 103"

 
Colombia
Río Seco
(Cundinamarca)
20
 
 
unknown
Loricaria spinulifera
Thomas & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2008
 
Brazil
Rio Uraricoera, unterer rio Branco, unterer Rio Jauaperi, rio Negro-Einzug
(Amazonas (BRA), Roraima)
Loricaria spinulifera
25
150
25 - 29
unknown
Loricaria tucumanensis
Isbrücker, 1979
 
Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
río Sali, río Paraguay
(Tucuman)
Loricaria tucumanensis
20
100
21 - 24
yes
Loricaria turi
Saraiva, Abreu, Ottoni & Piorski, 2021
 
Brazil
lago Mendes, lago de São Pedro, lago do Rapa Cuia, lago do Arrodeador, rio Turiaçu-Einzug
(Maranhão)
25
180
 
unknown
28  entries found.
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Leandro Sousa (CC BY-NC 3.0)
1, 4
3, 11, 12, 14
Ingo Seidel
5
José "BlackSouL" Sole
7
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