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- Hypostomus plecostomus) was one of the first loricariid species imported for the fish-keeping hobby. Some loricariids are not normally considered "plecostomus"...
- also used as part of the common names of various similar species of loricariids. The superficially similar loach Beaufortia kweichowensis is also sometimes...
- multiple barbels around the mouth. They should not be confused with the loricariids, which look similar but are a family of catfish. Most species are rheophilic...
- exhibit dark body spots or blotches. It is entirely piscivorous preying on loricariids and other bottom-dwelling fish. Brachyplatystoma filamentosum is found...
- commonly known as "dwarf suckers" or "otos". This genus, like other loricariids, is characterized by rows of armour plating covering the body, as well...
- 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...
- middle Amazon Basin, with discussion of deep water specialization in loricariids". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 19: 271–282. Thomas, M.R...
- Hypancistrus is a genus of loricariid catfish originating from the Amazon basin in South America. Unlike many of the other Loricariids, however, some Hypancistrus...
- 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...
- Weber, 1991 Pterygoplichthys can be differentiated from most other loricariids due to their large dorsal fins with 9 or more (usually 10) dorsal fin...