LORICARIIDAE
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compiled by Jon Armbruster & Mark Sabaj, 2002
(includes information from participant responses)

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Subfamily
Genera
Current valid species

Known/ estimated new species

Active taxonomists & systematists
Hypoptopomatinae ACESTRIDIUM
3
2
Aquino, Batten, Schaefer, Retzer
Hypoptopomatinae EPACTIONOTUS
3
Reis, Schaefer
Hypoptopomatinae EURYCHEILICHTHYS
2
Reis, Schaefer
Hypoptopomatinae HISONOTUS
13
Britski, Garavello, Pavanelli, Schaefer, Zawadzki
Hypoptopomatinae HYPOPTOPOMA (incl. Aristommata)
9
Aquino, Schaefer
Hypoptopomatinae MICROLEPIDOGASTER
1
Britski, Garavello, Schaefer
Hypoptopomatinae NANNOPTOPOMA
2
Aquino, Schaefer
Hypoptopomatinae NIOBICHTHYS
1
  Aquino, Schaefer
Hypoptopomatinae OTOCINCLUS (incl. Lampiella, Macrotocinclus)
15
Aquino, Britto, Moreira, Schaefer
Hypoptopomatinae OTOTHYRIS
1
Schaefer
Hypoptopomatinae OXYROPSIS
2
Aquino, Schaefer
Hypoptopomatinae PAROTOCINCLUS
19
?
Britski, Lehmann, Reis, Schaefer
Hypoptopomatinae PSEUDOTOCINCLUS
1
Garavello, C. Oliveira, Oyakwa, Schaefer, Takako
Hypoptopomatinae PSEUDOTOTHYRIS
2
Schaefer
Hypoptopomatinae SCHIZOLECIS
1
Garavello, Schaefer
Hypostominae ACANTHICUS
2
0
Armbruster
Hypostominae ANCISTRUS (incl. Pristiancistrus, Thysanocara, Xenocara)
61
10
Armbruster, Bichuette, Fisch-Müller, Reis, Trajano
Hypostominae APHANOTORULUS
2
0
Armbruster
Hypostominae BARYANCISTRUS
2
5
Armbruster, Oyakawa, Rapp Py-Daniel, Zuanon
Hypostominae CHAETOSTOMA (incl. Hypocolpterus, Lipopterichthys)
43
15
Armbruster, Ortega-Lara, Salcedo
Hypostominae COCHLIODON (incl. Cheiridodus)
7
4
Armbruster, Weber
Hypostominae CORDYLANCISTRUS
5
5
Armbruster, Ortega-Lara, Salcedo
Hypostominae CORYMBOPHANES
2
1
Armbruster
  "Corymbophanes" (SE Brazil)     Cristina S., J. Oliveira, Oyakawa
Hypostominae DEKEYSERIA (incl. Zonancistrus)
6
2
Armbruster
Hypostominae DOLICHANCISTRUS
6
Armbruster, Ortega-Lara, Salcedo
Hypostominae EXASTILITHOXUS
2
3
Armbruster, Provenzano
Hypostominae HEMIANCISTRUS (incl. Ancistomus, Guyanancistrus)
6
10
Armbruster, Cardoso, Fisch-Müller, Le Bail,
Hypostominae HEMIANCISTRUS annectens-group
6
1
Armbruster, Cardoso, Evans
Hypostominae HEMIANCISTRUS landoni
1
0
Armbruster, Cardoso
Hypostominae HOPLIANCISTRUS
1
0
Armbruster
Hypostominae HYPANCISTRUS
2
3
Armbruster, Rapp Py-Daniel, Zuanon
Hypostominae HYPOSTOMUS (incl. Squaliforma, Watawata)
114
30
Akama, Armbruster, Britski, Garavello, Oyakawa, Pavanelli, Weber, Zawadzki
Hypostominae ISORINELORICARIA
1
0
Armbruster
Hypostominae LASIANCISTRUS
15
1
Armbruster, Ortega-Lara
Hypostominae LEPORACANTHICUS
4
4
Armbruster
Hypostominae LEPTOANCISTRUS
2
0
Armbruster, Salcedo
Hypostominae LITHOXUS (incl. Paralithoxus)
7
2
Armbruster, Fisch-Müller, Le Bail
Hypostominae MEGALANCISTRUS
2
1
Armbruster, Bockmann, Lima, Vieira
Hypostominae NEBLINICHTHYS
2
0
Armbruster
Hypostominae PANAQUE (incl. Panaqolus)
10
10
Armbruster, Schaefer, D. Stewart
Hypostominae PARANCISTRUS (incl. Acanthodemus)
1
1
Armbruster, Rapp Py-Daniel, Zuanon
Hypostominae PECKOLTIA (incl. Peckoltichthys, Sophiancistrus)
9
10
Armbruster, Cardoso, Fisch-Müller, Le Bail
Hypostominae POGONOPOMA (incl. Pogonopomoides)
3
0
Armbruster, Quevedo, Reis
Hypostominae PSEUDACANTHICUS (incl. Stoniella)
5
5
Armbruster, Hardman
Hypostominae PSEUDANCISTRUS (incl. Lithoxancistrus)
9
5
Armbruster, Rapp Py-Daniel, Ribeiro
Hypostominae PSEUDOLITHOXUS
4
5
Armbruster
Hypostominae PSEUDORINELEPIS (incl. Canthopomus, Monistiancistrus)
1
0
Armbruster
Hypostominae PTERYGOPLICHTHYS (incl. Glyptopterichthys, Liposarcus)
15
0
Armbruster
Hypostominae RHINELEPIS
3
Armbruster
Hypostominae SCOBINANCISTRUS
2
0
Armbruster
Hypostominae SPECTRACANTHICUS (incl. Oligancistrus)
2
1
Armbruster, Rapp Py-Daniel, Zuanon
Lithogeninae LITHOGENES
1
10
Armbruster, Baskin, Provenzano, Royero, Schaefer
Loricariinae APISTOLORICARIA
4
Loricariinae APOSTURISOMA
1
Loricariinae CROSSOLORICARIA
5
Loricariinae CTENILORICARIA
5
Loricariinae DASYLORICARIA
5
Loricariinae FARLOWELLA (incl. Acestra)
26
10
Batten, Barrera, Carvajal, Retzer, Sarmiento
Loricariinae HARTTIA (incl. Quirtitixys)
16
7
Covain, Fisch-Müller, Le Bail, Oyakawa, Rapp Py-Daniel
Loricariinae HARTTIELLA
1
Loricariinae HEMIODONTICHTHYS
1
Loricariinae IXINANDRIA
2
Loricariinae LAMONTICHTHYS
4
Loricariinae LIMATULICHTHYS
2
Loricariinae LORICARIA (incl. Brochiloricaria, Proloricaria)
13
5
Burr, Rapp Py-Daniel, Rodriguez, Thomas
Loricariinae LORICARIICHTHYS (incl. Parahemiodon)
18
Ortega-Lara
Loricariinae METALORICARIA
2
Loricariinae PARALORICARIA
3
Rapp Py-Daniel, Thomas
Loricariinae PSEUDOHEMIODON
7
Loricariinae PSEUDOLORICARIA
1
Loricariinae PTEROSTURISOMA
1
Loricariinae PYXILORICARIA
1
Loricariinae REGANELLA
1
Loricariinae RHADINILORICARIA
1
Loricariinae RICOLA
1
Rapp Py-Daniel, Thomas
Loricariinae RINELORICARIA (incl. Fonchiiichthys, Hemiloricaria, Leliella)
44
20
Ghazzi, Pimentel, Rapp Py-Daniel
Loricariinae SPATULORICARIA (incl. Eucanthagenys)
10
Cezar Nolasco, Oyakawa
Loricariinae STURISOMA (incl. Oxyloricaria)
15
10
Ghazzi
Loricariinae STURISOMATICHTHYS
4
1
Ghazzi, Oyakwa
Neoplecostominae ISBRUECKERICTHYS
2
Pereira, Reis
Neoplecostominae KRONICHTHYS
3
Pereira, Reis
Neoplecostominae NEOPLECOSTOMUS
2
5
Bockmann, Castro, F. Langeani, Pavanelli, Pereira, Reis, Zawadzki
Neoplecostominae PAREIORHAPHIS
12
Pereira, Reis
Neoplecostominae PAREIORHINA
1
1
Cristina S., Garavello, F. Langeani, J. Oliveira, Oyakawa, Pereira, Reis
  DELTURUS
3
0
Armbruster, Pereira, Reis
  HEMIPSILICHTHYS (incl. Psilichthys, Upsilodus, Xenomystus)
2
0
Almeida, Armbruster, Pereira, Reis
"Ancistrinae" (Bolivia)       Barrera, Carvajal, Sarmiento
Loricariini (Argentina)       Miquelarena, M. Rodriguez
unspecified (Venezuela)    
Taphorn
unspecified       de Pinna, Foresti, Lucinda, Lujan, Montoya-Burgos, C. Oliveira & students, Quaggio-Grassiotto, Schmidt, Shibatta
 
Total
673
205
Overall total est. 878
Akama, Almeida, Aquino, Armbruster, Barrera, Baskin, Batten, Bichuette, Bockmann, Britski, Britto, Burr, Cardoso, Carvajal, Cezar Nolasco, Covain, Cristina Santana, de Pinna, Evans, Fisch-Muller, Garavello, Ghazzi, Hardman, Langeani, Le Bail, Lehmann, Lima, Lucinda, Lujan, Miquelarena, Montoya-Burgos, Moreira, C. Oliveira & students, J.C. de Oliveira, Ortega-Lara, Oyakawa, Pavanelli, Pereira, Pimentel, Provenzano, Quaggio-Grassiotto, Quevedo, Rapp Py-Daniel, Retzer, Reis, Ribeiro, M. Rodriguez, Royero, Salcedo, Sarmiento, Schaefer, Schmidt, Shibatta, D. Stewart, Takako, Taphorn, Thomas, Trajano, Vieira, Weber, Zawadzki, Zuanon