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Loricariinae is a subfamily of the family Loricariidae of catfish. This subfamily is divided into two tribes and about 30 genera. They are mainly native to freshwater habitats in South America, but there are also several species in Panama and a single (Fonchiiichthys) in Costa Rica.
Brochiloricaria is a small genus of armored catfishes native to South America.
Loricaria is a genus of armored catfish native to South America.
Loricaria ollgaardii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Loricaria scolopendra is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Macaria loricaria, the false Bruce spanworm or Eversmann's peacock, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Fennoscandia and the Baltic states to Sakhalin. It is also found in North America, where it is found from Alaska to Newfoundland and New York, south to Colorado.
Loricaria cataphracta, sometimes known as the chocolate loricariid, is a species of catfish in the genus Loricaria and the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Amazon River basin, as well as coastal rivers in the Guianas. It is known from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela, where it is often seen in ponds. The species reaches 29.5 cm in standard length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.
Loricaria is a genus of South American flowering plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae.
Panaque bathyphilus is an Amazonian species of armoured catfish from the family Loricariidae. The holotype of the species was collected in the Solimões River, upstream of its confluence with the Purus River. This species has been known in the aquarium trade, at least since 1992, as papa panaque or under the L-number code L090. It reaches up to about 40 cm (16 in) in length.
The eastern barbastelle or Asian barbastelle is a species of vesper bat found throughout much of Asia, from Afghanistan to Taiwan.
Loricaria lentiginosa is a species of catfish of the family Loricariidae. It is endemic to the upper Paraná River basin in Brazil. It reaches 51.4 cm in standard length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather. The species was described by Dutch ichthyologist Isaäc J. H. Isbrücker in 1979.
The Socotran pipistrelle or Lanza's pipistrelle is an endangered species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is endemic to Socotra Island in Yemen, and is the only mammal thought to be endemic to the island.
Kozlov's long-eared bat is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in southern Mongolia and adjacent parts of China.
Strelkov's long-eared bat is a species of vesper bat found in mountainous regions of Central Asia.
Ward's long-eared bat is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in mountainous regions of South Asia and adjoining regions.
Hypostomus ventromaculatus, commonly known as the wara wara, is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the coastal drainages of the Guianas, ranging from the Oyapock to the Suriname River, in French Guiana, Suriname, and Brazil.
Loricaria apeltogaster is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the drainage basins of the Paraguay River, the Paraná River, and the Uruguay River in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The species reaches 32.4 cm in standard length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.
Loricaria birindellii is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Curuá River, a tributary of the Iriri River, which is itself a tributary of the Xingu River, with its type locality being listed as the municipality of Altamira in the state of Pará in Brazil. The species reaches 36.5 cm in total length, can weigh up to at least 118.2 g, and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.
Loricaria coximensis is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the basin of the Coxim River, for which it is named, near the municipality of São Gabriel do Oeste in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil. The gut contents of one individual examined contained only seeds, indicating that the species may be granivorous. The species reaches 9.4 cm in standard length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.
