A Redescription of the South American Catfish Loricariichthys Maculatus (Bloch, 1794), with Designation of the Lectotype and Restriction of its Type Locality (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)

Abstract

The type species of the genus Loricariichthys Bleeker, 1862, Loricariichthys maculatus (Bloch, 1794), is redescribed from two syntypes, one of which is designated the lectotype. The same specimen is also designated the neotype for Plecostomus cataphracta Gronovius (ed. Gray), 1854 (non Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus, 1758, sensu stricto). The type locality of both nominal species is restricted after a comparison to specimens recently collected from a locality in Surinam.