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Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Loricariidae
genus
Loricaria
species
Loricaria cataphracta

Name

Synonyms
Loricaria carinata Castelnau, 1855
Loricaria cirrhosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Loricaria dentata Shaw, 1804
Loricaria dura Bleeker, 1862
Loricaria setifera Lacepède, 1803
Plecostomus flagellaris Gronow, 1854
Homonyms
Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Acaricachimbo, Acari-tralhoto, Jotoxi in language.
Acarí in Portuguese
Cachimbo in Portuguese
Goatee Whiptail Catfish in English
Goré-fwèt, Chichiwa, Achiwa in language.
Knobnose whiptail catfish, Pinocchio whiptail catfish in English
Shïwa in language.
Sisiu, Sisiwa in language.
Vieja de Agua in Spanish
lorikárie obrněná in Czech
Обыкновенная лорикария in Russian
Vieja de Agua in Spanish
Acarí in Portuguese
Cachimbo in Portuguese

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Galvis, G., R. Sánchez, L. Mesa, Y. López, M.A. Gutiérrez, A.Gutiérrez, M.C. Leyva, C. Castellanos. 2007. Peces de la Amazonia colombiana con énfasis en especies de interés ornamental. Eds. A. I. Sanabria-Ochoa, P. Victoria-Daza, I. C. Beltran. Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, INCODER, Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Departamento de Biología - Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Instituto Sinchi. Bogota, Colombia. 489 pp. | Galvis G., J. I. Mojica, F. Provenzano, C. Lasso, D. Taphorn, R. Royero, C. Castellanos, A. Gutiérrez, M. Gutiérrez, Y. López, L. Mesa, P. Sánchez & C. Cipamocha. 2007. Peces de la Orinoquia colombiana con énfasis en especies de interés ornamental. Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, INCODER, Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Departamento de Biología- Instituto de Ciencias Naturales. Bogotá, Colombia. 425 pp.
  3. Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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