Apistoloricaria

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Apistoloricaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Loricariinae
Tribe: Loricariini
Genus: Apistoloricaria
Isbrücker and Nijssen, 1986
Type species
Apistoloricaria condei
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1986
Species

Apistoloricaria condei
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1986
Apistoloricaria laani
Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1988
Apistoloricaria listrorhinos
Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1988
Apistoloricaria ommation
Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1988

Apistoloricaria is a genus of freshwater fish in the Loricariidae family of order Siluriformes. It includes four species, A. condei, A. laani, A. istrorhinos, and A. ommation.[1]

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[edit] Taxonomy

The type species is Apistoloricaria condei. The genus name comes from the Greek apisto meaning uncertain and the Latin lorica or loricare meaning cuirass or corslet of leather.[2] Apistoloricaria is not well diagnosed and upon further examination, may prove to be a synonym of Rhadinoloricaria.[3]

[edit] Distribution and habitat

Representatives of this genus are distributed in the upper Amazon and Orinoco drainages, along the Atlantic slope of the Andes.[3] A. condei is found in the Napo River.[4] A. laani is found in the Meta River.[5] A. listrorhinos is found in the Metica River.[6] A. ommation is found in the Lower Marañón River.[7]

A. condei is found in turbid and dark waters, in moderately fast flowing streams, between 2–10 metres deep (6–33 feet); no submerged vegetation is found here, and the bottom was made of sand, mud, dead leaves, twigs, branches, and trunks.[3]

[edit] Appearance and ecology

These fish range from 10–14 centimetres (4–5.5 in) SL.[4][5][6][7] In members of this genus and other closely related genera, the body is strongly depressed and the pelvic fins are used for locomotion, enabling these fish to appear to “walk” on the substrate.[3] Sexual dimorphism is apparent through differentiated lip structure. The lip surfaces of the male are rather papillose while those of the female are filamentous.[3]

These species are abdomino-lip brooders; eggs are laid in a single layered mass, and are attached to the surface of the lower lip and abdomen of the male.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. 
  2. ^ "Apistoloricaria". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d e f 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. 
  4. ^ a b "Apistoloricaria condei". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  5. ^ a b "Apistoloricaria laani". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  6. ^ a b "Apistoloricaria listrorhinos". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  7. ^ a b "Apistoloricaria ommation". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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