Loricariichthys Bleeker [P.] 1862:3 Masc. Loricaria maculata Bloch 1794. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Loricariichthys Bleeker 1862 -- (Isbrücker 1980:125 [ref. 2303] and see Isbrücker remarks on Plecostomus, Burgess 1989:444 [ref. 12860], Malabarba 1989:154 [ref. 14217], Montoya-Burgos et al. 1998:367 [ref. 23850], Britski et al. 1999:131 [ref. 24147], Reis & Pereira 2000:1029 [ref. 25021], Isbrücker 2002:23 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:338 [ref. 27061], Covain & Fisch-Muller 2007:31 [ref. 29329], Ferraris 2007:269 [ref. 29155], Rodriguez et al. 2011:882 [ref. 31506], Covain et al. 2015:513 [22] [ref. 34066] in Loricariini, Bertaco et al. 2016:419 [ref. 34561], Reis et al. 2021:557 [ref. 38433]). Current status: Valid as Loricariichthys Bleeker 1862. Loricariidae: Loricariinae.