Brochiloricaria

Brochiloricaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Subfamily:	Loricariinae
Tribe:	Loricariini
Genus:	Brochiloricaria; Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1979
Type species
	Brochiloricaria chauliodon; Isbrücker, 1979

Brochiloricaria is a small genus of armored catfishes native to South America.

Species[]

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:^[1]

Brochiloricaria chauliodon Isbrücker, 1979
Brochiloricaria macrodon (Kner, 1853)

Appearance and anatomy[]

Brochiloricaria is morphologically very similar to Loricaria and can be distinguished from the latter only by its teeth characteristics; in Brochiloricaria, the teeth are very long and of equal size on both jaws, while in Loricaria the premaxillary teeth are almost two times longer than dentary teeth.^[2] However, dentition may not be a reliable characteristic to differentiate to genera, so Brochiloricaria may actually be a synonym of Loricaria.^[2]

Both species of Brochiloricaria reach almost 30 centimetres (12 in) in length.^[1]

Ecology[]

Brochiloricaria is an abdomino-lip brooder.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Brochiloricaria in FishBase. December 2011 version.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.

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[fishbase-1] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Brochiloricaria in FishBase. December 2011 version.

[Covain-2] 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.

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