Loricaria luciae Thomas, Rodriguez, Carvallaro, Froehlich & Macedo Corrêa e Castro, 2013
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 luciae, sometimes known as Lucia's whiptail or the marbled whiptail catfish, 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 found in South America, where it occurs in the Paraguay River basin (including the Miranda River, the Aquidabán River, the Tebicuary River, the Rio Negro, and the Pantanal in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay, ranging south to the Paraguay's confluence with the Paraná River. It is typically found in habitats with flowing water, ranging in size from arroyos to large rivers, where it generally occurs at a depth of less than 1.5 m (5 ft) in environments with soft substrates. It is sometimes seen in riffles and blackwater areas. The species reaches 18.9 cm (7.4 in) in standard length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather. Its specific name, luciae, honours Lucia Helena Rapp Py-Daniel of the National Institute of Amazonian Research for her contributions to loricariid taxonomy and systematics.
Wikipedia contributors, Loricaria luciae; 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 luciae Thomas, Rodriguez, Carvallaro, Froehlich & Macedo Corrêa e Castro, 2013
- Name authority
- Thomas, Rodriguez, Carvallaro, Froehlich & Macedo Corrêa e Castro, 2013
- 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 luciae Thomas, Rodriguez, Carvallaro, Froehlich & Macedo Corrêa e Castro, 2013
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 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 |
| Loricaria apeltogaster Boulenger, 1895 | 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.
- Thomas, M. R., Rodriguez, M. S., Cavallaro, M. R., Froehlich, O., & Castro, R. M. C. E. (2013). Loricaria luciae, a new species of whiptail catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Paraguay and lower Paraná River basins of southeastern South America. Zootaxa, 3745. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3745.3.4 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:6QMDW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.