Species that contain: Loricaria and phoxocephala [ 1 ] records

phoxocephala, Loricaria Eigenmann [C. H.] & Eigenmann [R. S.] 1889:37 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) v. 2; ref. 1253] Coary [Curay], Brazil. Lectotype: MCZ 8030. Paralectotypes: MCZ 49057 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:246 [ref. 29155]. Lectotype selected by Isbrücker 1979:112 [ref. 2302]. •Valid as Hemiloricaria phoxocephala (Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1889) -- (Isbrücker et al. 2001:23 [ref. 25649], Isbrücker 2001:27, 29 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:17 [ref. 27178], López et al. 2003:45 [ref. 27366] as cf. phoxocephala, Menni 2004:81 [ref. 28131], Ferraris 2007:246 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Rineloricaria phoxocephala (Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1889) -- (Isbrücker 1980:109 [ref. 2303], Isbrücker 1981:88 [ref. 5522], Burgess 1989:442 [ref. 12860], Gómez & Chebez 1996:63 [ref. 23791], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:343 [ref. 27061], Rodriguez & Miquelarena 2005:4 [ref. 28173], Sarmiento et al. 2014:192 [ref. 35004], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:26 [ref. 39298], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40346]). Current status: Valid as Rineloricaria phoxocephala (Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1889). Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (?Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.