Lithoxus lithoides is a species of armored catfish native to Guyana and Suriname where it is found in stony rivulets of the Essequibo and upper Correntyne River basins. It can be found clinging to rocks in rapidly moving water. This species grows to a length of 8.6 centimetres (3.4 in) SL. It is the only species in its genus.[2]
| Lithoxus lithoides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypostominae |
| Tribe: | Ancistrini |
| Genus: | Lithoxus Eigenmann, 1910 |
| Species: | L. lithoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Lithoxus lithoides C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
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Taxonomy edit
Lithoxus is supported as a monophyletic sister to Exastilithoxus. Together, these two genera form a well-supported clade.[3]
Diet edit
Lithoxus (along with its sister, Exastilithoxus) are fairly unusual among loricariids in that they subsist entirely on a diet of insect larvae.
References edit
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Lithoxus lithoides" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Salvador, G.N. (2023). "Lithoxus lithoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T164514019A164514028. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T164514019A164514028.en. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Lithoxus in FishBase. February 2024 version.
- ^ Nathan K Lujan; Jonathan W Armbruster; Nathan R Lovejoy (December 2018). "Multilocus phylogeny, diagnosis and generic revision of the Guiana Shield endemic suckermouth armoured catfish tribe Lithoxini (Loricariidae: Hypostominae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 184 (4): 1169–1186. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly025.
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