Proloricaria
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| Proloricaria | |
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| Proloricaria prolixa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Loricariinae |
| Genus: | Proloricaria Isbrücker, 2001[1] |
| Type species | |
| Proloricaria prolixa | |
Proloricaria 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 with both species being found in the upper Paraná River basin.[2]
