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. A.] & Provenzano [F.], 2008:11, Figs. 6-8A-D et seq.] Notes: [American Museum Novitates No. 3637; ref. 30039] Caño Päwä, about 30 minutes walk from its mouth with Río Cuao, Amazonas, Venezuela. Current status: Valid as Lithogenes wahari Schaefer & Provenzano, 2008. Loricariidae: Lithogeninae. Distribution: Upper Orinoco River drainage, southern Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater ****************************************************************************************************************************** SUBFAMILY Delturinae Armbruster et al., 2006 - armored catfishes Notes: Delturinae Armbruster, Reis & Pereira, 2006:279 [ref. 28706] (subfamily) Delturus GENUS Delturus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 - armored catfishes [=Delturus Eigenmann [C. H.] & Eigenmann [R. S.], 1889:45, Carinotus (subgenus of Plecostomus) La Monte [F. R.], 1933:1] Notes: [ref. 1253]. Masc. Delturus parahybae Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889. Type by original designation. Armbruster 2004:45 [ref. 27644] treats Delturus and Upsilodus as an undescribed subfamily; the subfamily Delturinae Armbruster, Reis & Pereira was established in Reis et al. 2006:279 [ref. 28706]. •Valid as Delturus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 -- (Isbrücker 1980:9 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:429 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2002:15 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:352 [ref. 27061], Armbruster 2004:45 [ref. 27644], Reis et al. 2006:286 [ref. 28706], Ferraris 2007:234 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Delturus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889. Loricariidae: Delturinae. (Carinotus) [ref. 2705]. Masc. Plecostomus (Carinotus) carinotus La Monte, 1933. Type by original designation (also by monotypy and absolute tautonymy). •Synonym of Delturus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 -- (Isbrücker 1980:9 [ref. 2303], Isbrücker 2002:13 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:352 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:234 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Delturus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889. Loricariidae: Delturinae. Species Delturus angulicauda (Steindachner, 1877) - Mucuri armored catfish (author) [=Plecostomus angulicauda Steindachner [F.], 1877:672 [114], Pl. 12] Notes: [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.); ref. 4224] Rio Mucuri at Santa Clara; Rio Parahyba, southeastern Brazil. Current status: Valid as Delturus angulicauda (Steindachner, 1877). Loricariidae: Delturinae. Distribution: Mucuri River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater. Species Delturus brevis Reis & Pereira, in Reis et al., 2006 - Aracuai armored catfish (author) [=Delturus brevis Reis [R. E.] & Pereira [E. H. L.], in Reis, Pereira & Armbruster, 2006:295, Fig. 12] Notes: [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 147 (no. 2); ref. 28706] Rio Araçuaí upstream of its mouth on Rio Jequitinhonha, Araçuaí, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Current status: Valid as Delturus brevis Reis & Pereira, 2006. Loricariidae: Delturinae. Distribution: Upper portions of Jequitinhonha River basin, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater. Species Delturus carinotus (La Monte, 1933) - Doce armored catfish (author) [=Plecostomus (Cariontus) carinotus La Monte [F. R.], 1933:2, Fig. 1] Notes: [American Museum Novitates No. 591; ref. 2705] Rio Doce, Espirito Santo State, eastern Brazil. Current status: Valid as Delturus carinotus (La Monte, 1933). Loricariidae: Delturinae. Distribution: Doce River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater. Species Delturus parahybae Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 - Parahyba armored catfish (author) [=Delturus parahybae Eigenmann [C. H.] & Eigenmann [R. S.], 1889:45] Notes: [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) v. 2; ref. 1253] Rio Parahyba do Sul, between Barra do Piraí and Trés Rios, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Current status: Valid as Delturus parahybae Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889. Loricariidae: Delturinae. Distribution: Paraíba do Sul River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater. GENUS Hemipsilichthys Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 - wide-mouthed catfishes (author) [=Hemipsilichthys Eigenmann [C. H.] & Eigenmann [R. S.], 1889:46, Psilichthys Steindachner [F.], 1907:82, Upsilodus Miranda Ribeiro [A. de], 1924:365, Xenomystus Lütken [C. F.], 1874:217, 220] Notes: [ref. 1253]. Masc. Xenomystus gobio Lütken, 1874. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Xenomystus Lütken, 1874, preoccupied by Xenomystus Günther, 1868 in fishes. •Valid as Hemipsilichthys Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 -- (Isbrücker 1980:11 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:429 [ref. 12860], Malabarba 1989:151 [ref. 14217], Pereira & Reis 1992 [ref. 17635], Montoya-Burgos et al. 1998:367 [ref. 23850], Reis & Pereira 1999:45 [ref. 23669], Oliveira & Oyakawa 1999:73 [ref. 23672], Pereira et al. 2000:377 [ref. 25081], Bizerril 1995:115 [ref. 25087], Pereira & Reis 2002:98 [ref. 26071], Pereira et al. 2003:2 [ref. 27068], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:353 [ref. 27061], Armbruster 2004:57 [ref. 27644], Reis et al. 2006:280 [ref. 28706], Ferraris 2007:247 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Hemipsilichthys Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889. Loricariidae: Delturinae. (Psilichthys) [ref. 20499]. Masc. Psilichthys cameroni Steindachner, 1907. Type by monotypy. Originally named as above in this abstract, name later changed to Hemipsilichthys and treated in more detail in Steindachner 1907:475, Pls. 1-2 [ref. 18797]. Objectively invalid; Psilichthys is preoccupied by Psilichthys Hall 1900 in fossil fishes. •In the synonymy of Hemipsilichthys Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 -- (Isbrücker 2002:28 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:353 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Hemipsilichthys Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889. Loricariidae: Delturinae. (Upsilodus) [ref. 3728]. Masc. Upsilodus victori Miranda Ribeiro, 1924. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Upsilodus Miranda Ribeiro, 1924 -- (Isbrücker 1980:14 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:430 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2002:29 [ref. 27178], ). •Valid as Upsilodus Miranda Ribeiro 1924 -- (Armbruster 2004:45 [ref. 27644] without subfamily). •Synonym of Hemipsilichthys Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 -- (Weber in Reis et al. 2003:353 [ref. 27061], Reis et al. 2006:280 [ref. 28706], Ferraris 2007:247 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Hemipsilichthys Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889. Loricariidae: Delturinae. (Xenomystus) [ref. 2854]. Masc. Xenomystus gobio Lütken, 1874. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Xenomystus Günther 1868 in fishes, replaced by Hemipsilichthys Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889. •In the synonymy of Hemipsilichthys Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 -- (Isbrücker 1980:11 [ref. 2303], Pereira & Reis 2002:98 [ref. 26071], Isbrücker 2002:30 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:353 [ref. 27061], Reis et al. 2006:280 [ref. 28706], Ferraris 2007:247 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Hemipsilichthys Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889. Loricariidae: Delturinae. Species Hemipsilichthys gobio (Lütken, 1874) - Parahyba wide-mouthed catfish (author) [=Xenomystus gobio Lütken [C. F.], 1874:217 [16], Pl. 4, Upsilodus victori Miranda Ribeiro [A. de], 1924:366] Notes: [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Aaret 1873 (nos 13-14); ref. 2854] Rio Parahyba, Brazil. Current status: Valid as Hemipsilichthys gobio (Lütken, 1874). Loricariidae: Delturinae. Distribution: Paraíba do Sul River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater. (victori) [Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro v. 1 (no. 5); ref. 3728] Rio Paquequer, Theresópolis, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Current status: Synonym of Hemipsilichthys gobio (Lütken, 1874). Loricariidae: