The Global Invasion of the Suckermouth Armored Catfish Genus Pterygoplichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): Annotated List of Species, Distributional Summary, and Assessment of Impacts
Author
Orfinger, Alexander Benjamin
Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd. Orlando, Florida, USA 32825
Author
Goodding, Daniel Douglas
Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd. Orlando, Florida, USA 32825
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Zoological Studies
2018
2018-02-14
57
7
1
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journal article
10.6620/ZS.2018.57-07
1810-522X
PMC6517723
31966247
Pterygoplichthys
Gill, 1858
P t e r y g o p l i c h t h y s
Gill, 1858: 408
.
Type
species:
Hypostomus duodecimalis
Valenciennes 1840
.
Type
by subsequent designation in Bleeker (1862-63:2) with genus spelled
Pterygophlichtys
. Gender: Masculine.
Liposarcus
Günther, 1864:238
.
Type
species:
Hypostomus multiradiatus
Hancock 1828
.
Type
by subsequent designation by
Jordan
(1919b:332). Gender: Masculine
Glyptoperichthys
Weber, 1991: 639
.
Type
species:
Ancistrus lituratus
Kner, 1854
.
Type
by original designation. Gender: Masculine.
Remarks
: Revised by
Weber (1992)
, with
Liposarcus
and
Glyptoperichthys
also treated as valid. Generic synonymy herein based on
Armbruster (2004)
.