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Planiloricaria
Sign in to savePlaniloricaria is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the mailed catfishes. The only species in the genus is Planiloricaria cryptodon.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyLoricariidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Collections
- UF, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA)
- Recorded in
- Venezuela, Brasil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Loricariidae
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Planiloricaria
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Planiloricaria is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the mailed catfishes. The only species in the genus is Planiloricaria cryptodon.
This species is native to Bolivia, Brazil and Peru where it occurs in the upper Amazon basin, including the Ucayali, Purus, and Mamoré River drainages. P. cryptodon inhabits sandy substrates in the main streams of large rivers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Planiloricaria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.