Species that contain: Loricaria and cataphracta [ 9 ] records

carinata, Loricaria Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:46, Pl. 23 (fig. 3) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Amazon River, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9562. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:74 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:268 [ref. 29155]. Type information: Isbrücker 1972:178-179, Fig. 8 [ref. 20708]. •Synonym of Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus 1758 -- (Isbrücker 1980:116 [ref. 2303], Isbrücker 1981:60 [ref. 5522], Isbrücker 2001:29 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:21 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:337 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:268 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus 1758. Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

cataphracta, Loricaria Linnaeus [C.] 1758:307 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Mouth of Marowijne River, near Galibi, 5°45'N, 54°00'W, Suriname [South America]. Lectotype: NRM 33. Paralectotype: ZMUC (1). Type catalog: Isbrücker 1972:163 et seq. [ref. 20708], Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:223-224 [ref. 20707], Nijssen et al. 1982:57 [ref. 19236]. Type information: Wheeler 1989:214 [ref. 21873] with a lectotype (ZMUC 27). Neotype (ZMA 109616) designated by Isbrücker 1972:172-175 [ref. 20708] for the species sensu stricto (not including L. cataphracta beta), but that became invalid when syntypes were found. •Valid as Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus 1758 -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:38 [ref. 37559], Isbrücker 1972 [ref. 20708], Isbrücker 1980:116 [ref. 2303], Isbrücker 1981:58 [ref. 5522], Ortega & Vari 1986:17 [ref. 9708], Burgess 1989:443 [ref. 12860], Britski et al. 1998:132 [ref. 24147], Le Bail et al. 2000:280 [ref. 24549], Isbrücker 2001:29 [ref. 25653], Schmidt 2001:235 [ref. 25646], Lasso et al. 2001:99 [ref. 25928], Isbrücker 2002:21 [ref. 27178], Ferraris 2003:865 [ref. 26999], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:337 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:112 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:191 [ref. 35004], Melo et al. 2016:134 [ref. 34701], Marceniuk et al. 2017:39 [ref. 35324], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:78 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:74 [ref. 35773], Silvano et al. 2020:259 [ref. 38135], Saraiva et al. 2021:432 [ref. 38090], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:26 [ref. 39298], Koerber et al. 2022:49 [ref. 39235], Provenzano-Rizzi et al. in Lasso & Morales-Betancourt 2022:190 [ref. 40783], Londoño-Burbano et al. 2023:20 [ref. 40487], Vieira et al. 2023:21 [ref. 40759] as cf. cataphracta). Current status: Valid as Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus 1758. Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin and coastal rivers in the Guianas (Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru and Suriname). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

cataphracta, Plecostomus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:158 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] South America (probably Suriname). Neotype: ZMB 3163. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:270 [ref. 29155]. Regarded by Isbrücker 1971:1, 15-16 [ref. 21907] as separate from Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus 1758. Neotype designated by Isbrücker 1971:15 [ref. 21907]. •Objective synonym of Loricariichthys maculatus (Bloch 1794) after lectotype designation -- (Isbrücker 1971:12 [ref. 21907], Isbrücker 1980:127 [ref. 2303], Isbrücker 2001:31 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:26 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:339 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:270 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Loricariichthys maculatus (Bloch 1794). Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Habitat: freshwater.

cirrhosa, Loricaria Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:125, Pl. 34 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] South America. Lectotype: ZMB 3160. Paralectotypes: ZMB 22223 [ex ZMB 3160] (1). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:95, and errata on inside of back cover [ref. 24282], Ferraris 2007:268 [ref. 29155]. Lectotype selected by Isbrücker 1972:170 [ref. 20708]. •Synonym of Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus 1758 -- (Isbrücker 1980:116 [ref. 2303], Isbrücker 1981:60 [ref. 5522], Isbrücker 2001:29 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:21 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:337 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:268 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus 1758. Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

dentata, Loricaria Shaw [G.] 1804:37 [General zoology or systematic natural history; ref. 4015] Indian Seas, in error [South America]. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:268 [ref. 29155]. Unneeded new name; based on several literature sources. •Synonym of Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus 1758 -- (Isbrücker 1980:116 [ref. 2303], Isbrücker 1981:60 [ref. 5522], Isbrücker 2001:29 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:21 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:337 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:268 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus 1758. Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

dura, Loricaria Bleeker [P.] 1862:3 [Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises v. 2; ref. 393] Suriname and unknown. Syntypes: RMNH 3113-16 (1, 2, 1). Type catalog: Boeseman 1972:311 [ref. 19698], Ferraris 2007:268 [ref. 29155]. Based on Linnaeus 1754 (pre-Linnaean) -- named cataphracta by Linnaeus 1758 -- and on specimens. Also in Bleeker 1863:80 [ref. 401]. Covain & Fisch-Muller 2007:32 [ref. 29329] say holotype is NRM 33. •Synonym of Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus 1758 -- (Isbrücker 1980:116 [ref. 2303], Isbrücker 1981:58 [ref. 5522], Isbrücker 2001:29 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:21 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:337 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:268 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus 1758. Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

flagellaris, Plecostomus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:158 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Suriname. Holotype: BMNH 1863.11.12.195. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:268 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus 1758 -- (Isbrücker 1980:116 [ref. 2303], Isbrücker 1981:60 [ref. 5522], Isbrücker 2001:31 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:26 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:337 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:268 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus 1758. Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

maculata, Loricaria Bloch [M. E.] 1794:73, Pl. 375 (figs. 1-2) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 8; ref. 463] South America (probably Suriname). Lectotype: ZMB 3163. Paralectotypes: ZMB 22224 [ex ZMB 3163] (1). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:95-96 [ref. 24282], Ferraris 2007:270 [ref. 29155]. Based in part on Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus, but Bloch also recognizes L. cataphracta as valid. On p. 60 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 11 [ref. 21381]. Lectotype selected by Isbrücker 1971:12 [ref. 21907]. •Valid as Loricariichthys maculatus (Bloch 1794) -- (Isbrücker 1971 [ref. 21907], Isbrücker 1980:127 [ref. 2303], Isbrücker 1981:88 [ref. 5522], Ortega & Vari 1986:17 [ref. 9708], Burgess 1989:445 [ref. 12860], Gómez & Chebez 1996:63 [ref. 23791], Montoya-Burgos et al. 1998:367 [ref. 23850], Isbrücker 2001:29, 30 [ref. 25653], Lasso et al. 2001:99 [ref. 25928], Isbrücker 2002:23 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:338 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:270 [ref. 29155], Sarmiento et al. 2014:191 [ref. 35004], Nión et al. 2016:31 [ref. 35565], see DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[18] [ref. 35679], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:26 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Loricariichthys maculatus (Bloch 1794). Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Distribution: South America: Suriname, Bolivia, Peru and ?Uruguay. Habitat: freshwater.

setifera, Loricaria Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:140, 141 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Tropical America. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:268 [ref. 29155]. Based on literature sources. •Synonym of Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus 1758 -- (Isbrücker 1980:116 [ref. 2303], Isbrücker 1981:60 [ref. 5522], Isbrücker 2001:29 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:22 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:337 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:268 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus 1758. Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.