Limatulichthys
Genus of fishes
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Limatulichthys is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the mailed catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.
| Limatulichthys | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Loricariinae |
| Genus: | Limatulichthys Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1979[1] |
| Type species | |
| Loricaria punctata | |

Species
There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Limatulichthys griseus C. H. Eigenmann, 1909
- Limatulichthys nasarcus Londoño-Burbano, Lefebvre & Lujan, 2014[3]
- Limatulichthys petleyi (Fowler, 1940)