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Lamontichthys
Sign in to saveLamontichthys is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the mailed catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America
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Vinony's link graph records 10 inbound references to Lamontichthys, and connects out to Siluriformes, Catalog of Fishes and South America.
Vinony files it under Catfish genera, Catfish of South America and Fish of the Amazon basin.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyLoricariidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Collections
- CAS, AUM, ROM, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), ANSP
- Recorded in
- Venezuela, Peru, Brasil
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Etymology
- Species
- Distribution and habitat
- Description
- Ecology
- References
Lamontichthys is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the mailed catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America
==Taxonomy== The phylogenetic position of Lamontichthys remains uncertain. It has been considered to be sister to Harttia, whereas Lamontichthys shows much more similarities with Pterosturisoma microps of the monotypic genus Pterosturisoma, which only differs from Lamontichthys by the number of pectoral fin rays. The genus Lamontichthys is classified in the subfamily Loricariinae in the family Loricariidae which is classified in the suborder Loricarioidei of the catfish order, Siluriformes.
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