Fonchiiichthys is a small genus of catfish from Central and South America. It is often considered to be monotypic, containing only F. uracanthus.

Fonchiiichthys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Loricariinae
Genus: Fonchiiichthys
Isbrücker & Michels, 2001
Type species
Loricaria uracantha
(Kner, 1863)

Fonchiiichthys has recently been considered invalid, having been synonymised with Rineloricaria, along with Ixinandria, Hemiloricaria, and Leliella.[1] However, FishBase still considers Fonchiiichthys and Ixinandria as valid.

Species

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There are currently two recognized species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Raphaël Covain; Sonia Fisch-Muller; Claudio Oliveira; Jan H Mol; Juan I Montoya-Burgos; Stéphane Dray (Jan 2016). "Molecular phylogeny of the highly diversified catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) reveals incongruences with morphological classification". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 94 ((Pt B)): 492–517. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.10.018. PMID 26516029.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Fonchiiichthys". FishBase. March 2024 version.