Paraloricaria

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Paraloricaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Loricariinae
Genus: Paraloricaria
Isbrücker, 1979 [1]
Type species
Loricaria vetula

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

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Species

Paraloricaria contaisn the following recognized species: [2]

Description

Paraloricaria shows a strongly flattened body, weak postorbital notches, long and ramified maxillary barbels, and overall, conspicuous fringed barbels. [3]

Male Paraloricaria are abdomino-lip brooders. [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 27 January 2026.
  2. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paraloricaria". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  3. 1 2 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.


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