| Loricariinae | |
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| Sturisomatichthys panamense | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Loricariinae Bonaparte, 1831 |
| Tribes | |
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Harttiini Isbrücker, 1979 | |
Loricariinae is a subfamily of the family Loricariidae of catfish (order Siluriformes).[1] This subfamily is divided into two tribes and about 30 genera.[2] They are mainly native to freshwater habitats in South America, but there are also several species (in genera Crossoloricaria, Dasyloricaria, Fonchiiichthys, Rineloricaria, Spatuloricaria, Sturisoma and Sturisomatichthys) in Panama and a single (Fonchiiichthys) in Costa Rica.[3]
- ^ "Loricariinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 28, 2007.
- ^ Covain, Raphael; Fisch-Muller, Sonia (2007). "The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1462: 1–40. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1462.1.1.
- ^ Angulo; Garita-Alvarado; Bussing; and López (2013). Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of continental and insular Costa Rica: additions and nomenclatural revisions. Archived 2016-09-11 at the Wayback Machine Check List 9(5): 987–1019.