NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subfamily

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Loricariidae
  Order - Siluriformes
  Superorder - Ostariophysi
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Genus - Loricaria
      Genus - Farlowella
      Genus - Rineloricaria
      Genus - Harttia
      Genus - Pseudohemiodon
      Genus - Loricariichthys
      Genus - Sturisoma
      Genus - Apistoloricaria
      Genus - Aposturisoma
      Genus - Brochiloricaria
      Genus - Crossoloricaria
      Genus - Cteniloricaria
      Genus - Dasyloricaria
      Genus - Dentectus
      Genus - Furcodontichthys
      Genus - Harttiella
      Genus - Hemiloricaria
      Genus - Hemiodontichthys
      Genus - Ixinandria
      Genus - Lamontichthys
      Genus - Metaloricaria
      Genus - Paraloricaria
      Genus - Planiloricaria
      Genus - Pseudoloricaria
      Genus - Pterosturisoma
      Genus - Pyxiloricaria
      Genus - Reganella
      Genus - Rhadinoloricaria
      Genus - Ricola
      Genus - Spatuloricaria
      Genus - Sturisomatichthys
      Genus - Limatulichthys