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Armored catfish
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The armored catfishes are a family Loricariidae of catfish noted for the covering of bony plates covering their bodies. The family includes about 550 species in 70 genera, found in Central and South America. Several types, notably the Suckermouth Catfish Hypostomus plecostomus, are popular for aquaria.
Genera
- Acanthicus
- Acestridium
- Ancistrus
- Aphanotorulus
- Apistoloricaria
- Aposturisoma
- Baryancistrus
- Brochiloricaria
- Chaetostoma
- Cordylancistrus
- Corumbataia
- Corymbophanes
- Crossoloricaria
- Cteniloricaria
- Dasyloricaria
- Dekeyseria
- Delturus
- Dentectus
- Dolichancistrus
- Epactionotus
- Eurycheilichthys
- Exastilithoxus
- Farlowella
- Furcodontichthys
- Glyptoperichthys
- Guyanancistrus
- Harttia
- Harttiella
- Hemiancistrus
- Hemiodontichthys
- Hemipsilichthys
- Hisonotus
- Hopliancistrus
- Hypancistrus
- Hypoptopoma
- Hypostomus
- Isbrueckerichthys
- Isorineloricaria
- Ixinandria
- Kronichthys
- Lamontichthys
- Lasiancistrus
- Leporacanthicus
- Leptoancistrus
- Limatulichthys
- Lipopterichthys
- Liposarcus
- Lithogenes
- Lithoxancistrus
- Lithoxus
- Loricaria
- Loricariichthys
- Megalancistrus
- Metaloricaria
- Microlepidogaster
- Nannoptopoma
- Neblinichthys
- Neoplecostomus
- Niobichthys
- Oligancistrus
- Otocinclus
- Otothyris
- Oxyropsis
- Panaque
- Paraloricaria
- Parancistrus
- Pareiorhina
- Parotocinclus
- Peckoltia
- Planiloricaria
- Pogonopoma
- Pseudacanthicus
- Pseudancistrus
- Pseudohemiodon
- Pseudolithoxus
- Pseudoloricaria
- Pseudorinelepis
- Pseudotocinclus
- Pseudotothyris
- Pterosturisoma
- Pterygoplichthys
- Pyxiloricaria
- Reganella
- Rhadinoloricaria
- Rhinelepis
- Ricola
- Rineloricaria
- Schizolecis
- Scobinancistrus
- Spatuloricaria
- Spectracanthicus
- Squaliforma
- Sturisoma
- Sturisomatichthys
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