FAMILY Loricariidae Rafinesque, 1815 - Suckermouth Armored Catfishes
FAMILY Loricariidae Rafinesque, 1815 - suckermouth armored catfishes SUBFAMILY Lithogeninae Gosline, 1947 - suckermoth armored catfishes Notes: Lithogeninae Gosline, 1947:93 [ref. 1857] (subfamily) Lithogenes GENUS Lithogenes Eigenmann, 1909 - suckermouth armored catfishes [=Lithogenes Eigenmann [C. H.], 1909:6] Notes: [ref. 1222]. Masc. Lithogenes villosus Eigenmann, 1909. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Lithogenes Eigenmann, 1909 -- (Isbrücker 1980:6 [ref. 2303]; transferred from Astroblepidae to Loricariidae by Nijssen & Isbrücker 1987 [ref. 5993], Burgess 1989:429 [ref. 12860], de Pinna 1998:303 [ref. 23847], Montoya-Burgos et al. 1998:364 [ref. 23850], Reis & Pereira 1999:45 [ref. 23669], Procenzano R. et al. 2003:562 [ref. 27128], Reis et al. 2003:318 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:267 [ref. 29155], Schaefer & Provenzano 2008:2 [ref. 30039] in Lithogeninae). Current status: Valid as Lithogenes Eigenmann, 1909. Loricariidae: Lithogeninae. Species ‡Lithogenes valencia Provenzano et al., 2003 - Valencia suckermouth armored catfish [=Lithogenes valencia Provenzano [F.], Schaefer [S. A.], Baskin [J. N.] & Royero-Leon [R.], 2003:564, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Copeia 2003 (no. 3); ref. 27128] Lago de Valencia basin, Carabobo State, Venezuela. Current status: Valid as Lithogenes valencia Provenzano, Schaefer, Baskin & Royero-Leon, 2003. Loricariidae: Lithogeninae. Distribution: Lake Valencia basin, northern Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater. Species Lithogenes villosus Eigenmann, 1909 - Potaro suckermouth armored catfish [=Lithogenes villosus Eigenmann [C. H.], 1909:6] Notes: [Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 6 (no. 1); ref. 1222] Upper Potaro River at Aruataima Falls, Guyana. Current status: Valid as Lithogenes villosus Eigenmann, 1909. Loricariidae: Lithogeninae. Distribution: Essequibo River basin, Potaro River, Guyana. Habitat: freshwater. Species Lithogenes wahari Schaefer & Provenzano, 2008 - Cuao suckermouth armored catfish (author) [=Lithogenes wahari Schaefer [S.
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