Crossoloricaria
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| Crossoloricaria | |
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| Crossoloricaria variegata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Loricariinae |
| Genus: | Crossoloricaria Isbrücker, 1979[1] |
| Type species | |
| Loricaria variegata Steindachner, 1879[1] | |
Crossoloricaria is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Loricariidae, the armored suckermouth catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the mailed catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South and Central America.
Crossloricaria is classified, by some authorities, in the Pseudohemiodon group in the tribe Loricariini of the subfamily Loricariinae.[2] This genus is poorly diagnosed and is in need of revision. Its only diagnostic character (incomplete abdominal cover consisting of a double median row of plates) is shared by two other representatives of the Pseudohemiodon group, Apistoloricaria and Rhadinoloricaria.[2] Crossoloricaria also has some traits such as lip structure and barbel length that place it closer to Pseudohemiodon.[2]