- (order Siluriformes), with over 90
genera and just over 680 species.
Loricariids originate from
freshwater habitats of
Costa Rica, Panama, and tropical...
- Plecostomus, pleco, or plec is the
common name of
several species of
freshwater loricariid catfish commonly sold as
aquarium fish.
These include: Pterygoplichthys...
-
people to
identify various loricariid catfish by a "common name"
before the fish is
officially described. When a
loricariid receives an
official scientific...
- Plecostomus, pleco, or plec
refers to
several species of
freshwater loricariid catfish commonly sold as
aquarium fish:
Hypostomus plecostomus Hypostomus...
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Jonathan W. (1998). "Modifications of the
Digestive Tract for
Holding Air in
Loricariid and
Scoloplacid Catfishes" (PDF). Copeia. 1998 (3): 663–675. doi:10.2307/1447796...
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commonly known as "dwarf suckers" or "otos". This genus, like
other loricariids, is
characterized by rows of
armour plating covering the body, as well...
- panaque,
clown plecostomus,
clown pleco, or
ringlet pleco, is a
dwarf loricariid. By
numbering systems such as the L-number system, this fish may also...
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plecostomus and its
allies and is
often used as a
catchall term for any
loricariids remotely resembling that species. The type
species is
Ancistrus cirrhosus...
- This
species is the only
known member of its
genus and the
smallest loricariid catfish known. The fish was
named in
honor of
Brazilian biospeleologist...
- genera,
Delturus and Hemipsilichthys. This
group is
sister to all
other loricariids except Lithogenes. The
geographical distribution of Delturinae, exclusively...
