Rhadinoloricaria is a genus of catfish endemic to South America.[1] It was considered to be monotypic until the 2020 discovery of a second species.[2]

Rhadinoloricaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Loricariinae
Tribe: Loricariini
Genus: Rhadinoloricaria
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1974
Type species
Rhadinoloricaria macromystax
(Günther, 1869)

Rhadinoloricaria is part of the Pseudohemiodon group of the tribe Loricariini in the subfamily Loricariinae.[1] Apistoloricaria and Crossoloricaria include fish that are very similar to Rhadinoloricaria, and it has been proposed that the former two genera be synonymized with the latter.

Species edit

There are currently two recognized species:[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Covain, Raphael; Fisch-Muller, Sonia (2007). "The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1462: 1–40.
  2. ^ a b Provenzano-Rizzi, Francisco; Barriga-Salazar, Ramiro (2020-05-21). "New finding of Rhadinoloricaria macromystax (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): redescription of the genus and description of a new species from Ecuador". Zootaxa. 4779 (4): 485–500. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4779.4.2. ISSN 1175-5334.