Pseudolithoxus
Sign in to savePseudolithoxus is a genus of suckermouth armored catfishes with five described species from the basins of the Orinoco, Casiquiare and upper Rio Negro in Venezuela. Additionally, a possibly undescribed species is known from the Trombetas and Nhamundá rivers in Brazil.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyLoricariidae
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Pseudolithoxus is a genus of suckermouth armored catfishes with five described species from the basins of the Orinoco, Casiquiare and upper Rio Negro in Venezuela. Additionally, a possibly undescribed species is known from the Trombetas and Nhamundá rivers in Brazil.
==Taxonomy== The species group was originally described in 2000 and the four species were temporarily placed in Lasiancistrus. In 2001, the genus Pseudolithoxus was erected for these species. This group forms a monophyletic sister group to Lasiancistrus and Ancistrus. P. anthrax and P. nicoi likely represent sister species. In 2011, P. kelsorum was described based on type material from Venezuela.
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