Fonchiiichthys
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Loricariinae |
| Genus: | Fonchiiichthys Isbrücker & Michels, 2001 |
| Type species | |
| Loricaria uracantha (Kner, 1863)
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Fonchiiichthys is a small genus of catfish from Central and South America. It is often considered to be monotypic, containing only F. uracanthus.
Fonchiiichthys has recently been considered invalid, having been synonymised with Rineloricaria, along with Ixinandria, Hemiloricaria, and Leliella.[1] However, FishBase still considers Fonchiiichthys and Ixinandria as valid.
Species[edit]
There are currently two recognized species:[2]
- Fonchiiichthys rupestris (Schultz, 1944)
- Fonchiiichthys uracanthus (Kner, 1863)
References[edit]
- ^ Raphaël Covain; Sonia Fisch-Muller; Claudio Oliveira; Jan H Mol; Juan I Montoya-Burgos; Stéphane Dray (Jan 2016). "Molecular phylogeny of the highly diversified catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) reveals incongruences with morphological classification". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 94 ((Pt B)): 492–517. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.10.018. PMID 26516029.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Fonchiiichthys in FishBase. March 2024 version.
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