Paraloricaria Isbruecker , 1979

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 : 33

publication ID	z01462p001
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6236667
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scientific name	Paraloricaria Isbruecker , 1979
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Paraloricaria Isbruecker, 1979 View in CoL View at ENA ZBK .

Type species: Loricaria vetula Valenciennes, 1836 ZBK .

Holotype: MNHN A.8996 , no type locality, described by Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes (1840: 466) from the surroundings of Buenos-Aires .

Gender: feminine.

This genus is distributed in the southern part of the continent in the Paraguay, Uruguay, and La Plata River basins. Males Paraloricaria ZBK are abdomino-lip brooders (Reis & Pereira 2000). It is assigned to the Loricaria ZBK group but it shows characteristics that possibly represent close phylogenetic relationship with representatives of the Pseudohemiodon ZBK group (a group established on the basis of a filamentous structure of the lips as also found in the Loricaria ZBK group). In particular, it shows a strongly flattened body, weak postorbital notches, long and ramified maxillary barbels, and overall, conspicuous fringed barbels. Three valid species are assigned to this genus (Ferraris 2003).