Genera
|
Current valid species
|
Known/ estimated new species |
Active systematists
|
ACANTHICUS |
2
|
0
|
|
ACESTRIDIUM |
3
|
||
ANCISTRUS(incl. Pristiancistrus, Thysanocara, Xenocara) |
57
|
||
APHANOTORULUS |
2
|
0
|
|
APISTOLORICARIA |
4
|
||
APOSTURISOMA |
1
|
||
BARYANCISTRUS |
2
|
||
CHAETOSTOMA (incl. Hypocolpterus, Lipopterichthys) |
43
|
15
|
|
COCHLIODON (incl. Cheiridodus) |
7
|
4
|
|
CORDYLANCISTRUS |
5
|
5
|
|
CORUMBATAIA |
2
|
||
CORYMBOPHANES |
2
|
1
|
|
CROSSOLORICARIA |
5
|
||
CTENILORICARIA |
3
|
||
DASYLORICARIA |
5
|
||
DEKEYSERIA (incl. Zonancistrus) |
6
|
2
|
|
DELTURUS |
3
|
0
|
|
DENTECTUS |
1
|
||
DOLICHANCISTRUS |
6
|
||
EPACTIONOTUS |
3
|
||
EURYCHEILICHTHYS |
2
|
||
EXASTILITHOXUS |
2
|
3
|
|
FARLOWELLA (incl. Acestra) |
25
|
||
FURCODONTICHTHYS |
1
|
||
HARTTIA (incl. Quirtitixys) |
18
|
7
|
|
HARTTIELLA |
1
|
||
HEMIANCISTRUS (incl. Ancistomus, Guyanancistrus) |
6
|
10
|
|
HEMIANCISTRUS annectens-group |
6
|
1
|
|
HEMIANCISTRUS landoni |
1
|
0
|
|
HEMIODONTICHTHYS |
1
|
||
HEMIPSILICHTHYS (incl. Psilichthys, Upsilodus, Xenomystus) |
18
|
||
HISONOTUS |
13
|
||
HOPLIANCISTRUS |
1
|
0
|
|
HYPANCISTRUS |
2
|
3
|
|
HYPOPTOPOMA (incl. Aristommata) |
9
|
||
HYPOSTOMUS(incl. Squaliforma, Watawata) |
114
|
20
|
|
ISBRUECKERICHTHYS |
2
|
||
ISORINELORICARIA |
1
|
||
IXINANDRIA |
2
|
||
KRONICHTHYS |
3
|
||
LAMONTICHTHYS |
4
|
||
LASIANCISTRUS |
15
|
1
|
|
LEPORACANTHICUS |
4
|
4
|
|
LEPTOANCISTRUS |
2
|
||
LIMATULICHTHYS |
2
|
||
LITHOGENES |
1
|
2
|
|
LITHOXUS(incl. Paralithoxus) |
7
|
2
|
|
LORICARIA (incl. Brochiloricaria, Proloricaria) |
13
|
||
LORICARIICHTHYS (incl. Parahemiodon) |
18
|
||
MEGALANCISTRUS |
2
|
||
METALORICARIA |
2
|
||
MICROLEPIDOGASTER |
2
|
||
NANNOPTOPOMA |
2
|
||
NEBLINICHTHYS |
2
|
||
NEOPLECOSTOMUS |
7
|
||
NIOBICHTHYS |
1
|
||
OTOCINCLUS(incl. Lampiella, Macrotocinclus) |
15
|
||
OTOTHYRIS |
4
|
||
OXYROPSIS |
2
|
||
PANAQUE (incl. Panaqolus) |
10
|
10
|
|
PARALORICARIA |
3
|
||
PARANCISTRUS (incl. Acanthodemus) |
1
|
||
PAREIORHINA |
1
|
||
PAROTOCINCLUS |
18
|
||
PECKOLTIA (incl. Peckoltichthys, Sophiancistrus) |
9
|
10
|
|
PLANILORICARIA |
1
|
||
POGONOPOMA (incl. Pogonopomoides) |
3
|
||
PSEUDACANTHICUS (incl. Stoniella) |
5
|
5
|
|
PSEUDANCISTRUS (incl. Lithoxancistrus) |
9
|
5
|
|
PSEUDOHEMIODON |
7
|
||
PSEUDOLITHOXUS |
4
|
5
|
|
PSEUDOLORICARIA |
1
|
||
PSEUDORINELEPIS (incl. Canthopomus, Monistiancistrus) |
1
|
||
PSEUDOTOCINCLUS |
1
|
||
PSEUDOTOTHYRIS |
2
|
||
PTEROSTURISOMA |
1
|
||
PTERYGOPLICHTHYS (incl. Glyptopterichthys, Liposarcus) |
15
|
||
PYXILORICARIA |
1
|
||
REGANELLA |
1
|
||
RHADINOLORICARIA |
1
|
||
RHINELEPIS |
3
|
||
RICOLA |
1
|
||
RINELORICARIA (incl. Fonchiiichthys, Hemiloricaria, Leliella) |
44
|
||
SCHIZOLECIS |
1
|
||
SCOBINANCISTRUS |
2
|
||
SPATULORICARIA (incl. Eucanthagenys) |
10
|
||
SPECTRACANTHICUS (incl. Oligancistrus) |
2
|
0
|
|
STURISOMA (incl. Oxyloricaria) |
15
|
||
STURISOMATICHTHYS |
4
|
||
Total
|
672
|
108
|
Overall total est. |