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Taxon: Family Loricariidae Rafinesque, 1815 - suckermouth armored catfishes (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (Rafinesque, 1815)
Unavailable original name & rank:  Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 35 ("Ordine. I Loricarini."). [family, nom. vernac.; published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]. ≡
Original name:  Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse: 89 ("Loricaria"). [subfamily].
Subsequent rank: 
Source for the authorship:  van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 55 ("Rafinesque 1815").

Types

Nominotypical taxon of: Loricarioidei (Suborder)
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Loricariinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 171. [implicit]
Type: Loricaria (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 20 May 2025; [<2 Jun 2025]. [inferred]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: harnasmeervallen Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: suckermouth armored catfishes Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 216; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
: suckermouth armored catfishes Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2462.
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