Brochiloricaria

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Brochiloricaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Tribe: Loricariini
Genus: Brochiloricaria
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1979 [1]
Type species
Brochiloricaria chauliodon
Isbrücker, 1979 [1]
species

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Brochiloricaria is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Loricariidae, the armored suckermouth catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the mailed catfishes. The fishes in this genus are found in South America.

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Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus: [2]

Appearance and anatomy

Brochiloricaria is morphologically very similar to Loricaria and can be distinguished from the latter only by its teeth characteristics; in Brochiloricaria, the teeth are very long and of equal size on both jaws, while in Loricaria the premaxillary teeth are almost two times longer than dentary teeth. [3] However, dentition may not be a reliable characteristic to differentiate to genera, so Brochiloricaria may actually be a synonym of Loricaria. [3]

Both species of Brochiloricaria reach almost 30 centimetres (12 in) in length. [4]

Ecology

Brochiloricaria is an abdomino-lip brooder. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Loricariinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  2. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Brochiloricaria". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Covain, Raphael; Fisch-Muller, Sonia (2007). "The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis" (PDF). Zootaxa . 1462: 1–40. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1462.1.1.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Brochilocaria". FishBase . Retrieved 29 December 2025.


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