Armored catfishes (Loricariidae)

The Armored catfishes (Loricariidae) family has 40 species in the Guppies.za.net fish encyclopedia, 37 of which are kept in home aquariums.

Species in this family

• Amazon sailfin catfishPterygoplichthys pardalis
• Blue panaqueBaryancistrus beggini
• Blue-eye panaquePanaque suttonorum
• Chocolate-colored catfishRineloricaria lanceolata
• Golden otocinclusMacrotocinclus affinis
• Leopard plecoPterygoplichthys gibbiceps
• Royal panaquePanaque nigrolineatus
• Suckermouth catfishHypostomus plecostomus
• Whiptail catfishFarlowella acus
• Acanthicus adonis
• Ancistrus temminckii
• Dekeyseria brachyura
• Dekeyseria pulchra
• Hemiancistrus subviridis
• Hypostomus cochliodon
• Leporacanthicus galaxias
• Leporacanthicus triactis
• Otocinclus cocama
• Otocinclus vestitus
• Parotocinclus jumbo
• Peckoltia sabaji
• Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus
• Pterygoplichthys scrophus
• Rineloricaria fallax
• Sturisoma aureum
• Sturisoma panamense
• Armored catfishHypostomus watwata
• Bristlemouth catfishPeckoltia multispinis
• Bushymouth catfishAncistrus dolichopterus
• Clown panaquePanaqolus maccus
• CorronchoPterygoplichthys punctatus
• Dwarf panaquePanaqolus gnomus
• Orinoco sailfin catfishPterygoplichthys multiradiatus
• Snow plecoPterygoplichthys anisitsi
• TetaHypostomus robinii
• Vermiculated sailfin catfishPterygoplichthys disjunctivus
• Zucchini catfishIsorineloricaria spinosissima
• Bearded catfishPseudancistrus barbatus
• Dusky panaquePanaqolus nocturnus
• Jumbie tetaAncistrus cirrhosus