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Taxon:
Subfamily
Loricariinae
Rafinesque, 1815
- mailed catfishes
(fish)
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Loricariidae (Family) - suckermouth armored catfishes
..Delturinae (Subfamily) - primitive suckermouth catfishes
..Hypoptopomatinae (Subfamily) - cascudinhos
..Hypostominae (Subfamily) - suckermouth catfishes
..Lithogeninae (Subfamily) - climbing armored catfishes
..Microplecostomus (Genus)
..Nannoplecostomus (Genus)
..Rhinelepinae (Subfamily) - rhinelepine plecos
..Loricariinae (Subfamily) - mailed catfishes
....Brochiloricaria (Genus)
....Cheilonimata (Genus)
....Crossoloricaria (Genus)
....Cteniloricaria (Genus)
....Dasyloricaria (Genus)
....Dentectus (Genus)
....Farlowella (Genus)
....Fonchiiloricaria (Genus)
....Furcodontichthys (Genus)
....Harttia (Genus)
....Harttiella (Genus)
....Hemiodontichthys (Genus)
....Lamontichthys (Genus)
....Limatulichthys (Genus)
....Loricaria (Genus)
....Loricariichthys (Genus)
....Metaloricaria (Genus)
....Paraloricaria (Genus)
....Planiloricaria (Genus)
....Proloricaria (Genus)
....Pseudohemiodon (Genus)
....Pseudoloricaria (Genus)
....Pterosturisoma (Genus)
....Pyxiloricaria (Genus)
....Reganella (Genus)
....Rhadinoloricaria (Genus)
....Ricola (Genus)
....Rineloricaria (Genus)
....Spatuloricaria (Genus)
....Sturisoma (Genus)
....Sturisomatichthys (Genus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
Rafinesque, 1815, orth. corr.
Original name & rank
:
Rafinesque, C.S. 1815.
Analyse
: 89 ("S.F. Loricaria.").
≡
Subsequent spelling
:
Attributes
Justified emendation (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.2]
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. 2014.
Zootaxa
3882
(2)
: 55 ("stem corrected to Loricari-").
Justified emendation of suffix (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 29.2, 34.1 (family)]
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. 2014.
Zootaxa
3882
(2)
: 55.
[inferred]
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Loricariidae
(Family)
Rafinesque, 1815
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 171.
[implicit]
Type
:
Loricaria
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025; 30 Nov 2012.
[inferred]
Homonyms
Junior homonym (allowed)
:
Loricariinae
(Subtribe)
Anderb. (1991)
Ref:
S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present
: [<18 Jun 2024].
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
mailed catfishes
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021
: (4 Feb 2025).
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21 Sep 2025