Loricaria holmbergi Rodríguez & Miquelarena, 2005
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Loricaria holmbergi is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the mailed catfishes. This catfish is endemic to Jujuy Province in Argentina where it was described from the Aguas Calientes stream, a stream arising from a thermal spring which is a tributary of the Bermejo River, it has since been collected from another Bermejo tributary, the Quebrada Colorada stream. This species reaches a standard length of 11.8 cm (4.6 in). Species in the genus Loricaria are known to be favultative air breathers.
The specific name honours the Argentine biologist and science fiction writer Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg, one of the first naturalists and ichthyologists in Argentina.
Wikipedia contributors, Loricaria holmbergi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:04:42.579788+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Loricaria holmbergi Rodríguez & Miquelarena, 2005
- Name authority
- Rodríguez & Miquelarena, 2005
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Genus
- Loricaria
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSiluriformes
- familyLoricariidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyLoricariinae Rafinesque, 1815
- tribeLoricariini Rafinesque, 1815
- genusLoricaria Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesLoricaria holmbergi Rodríguez & Miquelarena, 2005
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Loricaria. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Loricaria birindellii Thomas & Sabaj Pérez, 2010 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus, 1758 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria lentiginosa Isbrücker, 1979 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria nickeriensis Isbrücker, 1979 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria simillima Regan, 1904 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria spinulifera Thomas & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2008 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria luciae Thomas, Rodriguez, Carvallaro, Froehlich & Macedo Corrêa e Castro, 2013 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria pumila Thomas & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2008 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria tucumanensis Isbrücker, 1979 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria cuffyi Londoño-Burbano, Urbano-Bonilla & Thomas, 2020 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria turi Saraiva, Abreu, Ottoni & Piorski, 2021 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria catirina Serejo-Saraiva, Piorski, Ottoni, Sabaj Pérez & Lima, 2026 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Rodriguez, M. S., & Miquelarena, A. M. (2005). Una nueva especie de Loricaria (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) para la cuenca del río San Francisco, Jujuy, Argentina. Anales de La Academie Nacional de Ciencias Exactis, Físicas Y Naturales Buenos Aires, 55 [for 2003]: 139–149. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3W77T. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.