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Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae Armored catfishes
Subfamily: Loricariinae
Genus: Spatuloricaria

(See list of species below)


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13 species (see list below)
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Photo by Sandra J. Raredon / Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Div. of Fishes

South America
Max. Length 34.0 cm SL
Spatuloricaria atratoensis Schultz, 1944

Photo by Photo by Sandra J. Raredon / Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Div. of Fishes
 
Spatuloricaria atratoensis
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Max. Length 37 cm
 
Spatuloricaria caquetae
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No picture found

Max. Length 40 cm SL
 
Spatuloricaria curvispina
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No picture found

Max. Length 52 cm
 
Spatuloricaria euacanthagenys
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Photo by Pereira, R.C.

South America
Max. Length 28.2 cm SL
Spatuloricaria evansii (Boulenger, 1892)

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Spatuloricaria evansii
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Max. Length 8.4 cm SL
 
Spatuloricaria fimbriata
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Photo by Ospina Pabon, J.G.

South America
Max. Length 370 cm SL
Spatuloricaria gymnogaster (Eigenmann & Vance, 1912)

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Spatuloricaria gymnogaster
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Photo by Galvis, G./Mojica, J.I./Camargo, M.

South America
Max. Length 30.6 cm SL
Spatuloricaria lagoichthys (Schultz, 1944)

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Spatuloricaria lagoichthys
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Photo by MNHN

South America
Max. Length 20.4 cm SL
Spatuloricaria nudiventris (Valenciennes, 1840)

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Spatuloricaria nudiventris
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Photo by Galvis, G./Mojica, J.I./Camargo, M.

South America
Max. Length 33.8 cm SL
Spatuloricaria phelpsi Schultz, 1944

Photo by Photo by Galvis, G./Mojica, J.I./Camargo, M.
 
Spatuloricaria phelpsi
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Photo by JJPhoto

South America
Max. Length 22 cm
Spatuloricaria puganensis (Pearson, 1937)

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Spatuloricaria puganensis
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Max. Length 28.6 cm SL
 
Spatuloricaria terracanticum
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Photo by Sabaj Pérez, M.H.

South America
Max. Length 46 cm TL
Spatuloricaria tuira Fichberg, Oyakawa & de Pinna, 2014

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Spatuloricaria tuira
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Spatuloricaria atratoensis South America 34.0 SL 1944
Spatuloricaria caquetae South America 37 1943
Spatuloricaria curvispina South America 40 SL 1942
Spatuloricaria euacanthagenys South America 52 1979
Spatuloricaria evansii South America 28.2 SL 1892
Spatuloricaria fimbriata Central and South America 8.4 SL 1912
Spatuloricaria gymnogaster South America 370 SL 1912
Spatuloricaria lagoichthys South America 30.6 SL 1944
Spatuloricaria nudiventris South America 20.4 SL 1840
Spatuloricaria phelpsi South America 33.8 SL 1944
Spatuloricaria puganensis South America 22 1937
Spatuloricaria terracanticum South America 28.6 SL 2018
Spatuloricaria tuira South America 46 TL 2014



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