Rhadinoloricaria

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Rhadinoloricaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Loricariinae
Tribe: Loricariini
Genus: Rhadinoloricaria
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1974
Type species
Rhadinoloricaria macromystax
(Günther, 1869)

Rhadinoloricaria is a genus of catfish endemic to South America.[1] It was considered to be monotypic until the 2020 discovery of a second species.[2]

Rhadinoloricaria is part of the Pseudohemiodon group of the tribe Loricariini in the subfamily Loricariinae.[1] Apistoloricaria and Crossoloricaria include fish that are very similar to Rhadinoloricaria, and it has been proposed that the former two genera be synonymized with the latter.

Species[edit]

There are currently two recognized species:[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ a b Provenzano-Rizzi, Francisco; Barriga-Salazar, Ramiro (2020-05-21). "New finding of Rhadinoloricaria macromystax (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): redescription of the genus and description of a new species from Ecuador". Zootaxa. 4779 (4): 485–500. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4779.4.2. ISSN 1175-5334.