Pterygoplichthys Gill, 1858

Orfinger, Alexander Benjamin & Goodding, Daniel Douglas, 2018, The Global Invasion of the Suckermouth Armored Catfish Genus Pterygoplichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): Annotated List of Species, Distributional Summary, and Assessment of Impacts, Zoological Studies 57 (7), pp. 1-16 : 3

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.6620/ZS.2018.57-07
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12826084
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scientific name	Pterygoplichthys Gill, 1858
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Pterygoplichthys Gill, 1858 View in CoL

P t e r y g o p l i c h t h y s Gill, 1858: 408. Type species: Hypostomus duodecimalis Valenciennes 1840 . Type by subsequent designation in Bleeker (1862-63:2) with genus spelled Pterygophlichtys. Gender: Masculine.

Liposarcus Günther, 1864:238 . Type species: Hypostomus multiradiatus Hancock 1828 View in CoL . Type by subsequent designation by Jordan (1919b:332). Gender: Masculine

Glyptoperichthys Weber, 1991: 639 . Type species: Ancistrus lituratus Kner, 1854 View in CoL . Type by original designation. Gender: Masculine.

Remarks: Revised by Weber (1992), with Liposarcus and Glyptoperichthys also treated as valid. Generic synonymy herein based on Armbruster (2004).