Furcodontichthys Rapp Py-Daniel, 1981

Raphael Covain & Sonia Fisch-Muller, 2007, The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis., Zootaxa 1462, pp. 1-40 : 29

publication ID	z01462p001
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6236647
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scientific name	Furcodontichthys Rapp Py-Daniel, 1981
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Furcodontichthys Rapp Py-Daniel, 1981 View in CoL ZBK .

Type species: Furcodontichthys novaesi Rapp Py-Daniel, 1981 ZBK .

Holotype: INPA T.79-014 , Brazil, State of Amazonas, Rio Solimoes , Tefe Lake at Caititu .

Gender: masculine.

This monotypic genus is known from the middle Amazon at Lake Tefé and from the upper Jurua River drainage in the Solimões River basin. Furcodontichthys ZBK inhabits sandy substrates. Evers & Seidel (2005) captured Furcodontichthys novaesi ZBK at night, on a sand bank, in black waters of the Rio Tefé. As with representatives of the Loricariichthys ZBK group, males of Furcodontichthys ZBK show a hypertrophied development of the lips suggesting that this genus is a lip brooder. The presence of conspicuous fringed barbels at the lip corners is unique among the Loricariinae . These barbels have branching patterns comparable to those of the Pseudohemiodon ZBK group.