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fork; outer pectoral and ventral rays more or less punctate, the remaining parts of 
the fins hyaline. In the type the bars across the lobes are continuous with a sub- 
marginal bar across the middle caudal rays; there are also faint spots on the dorsal 
rays In a series below the series at the forks. 
Similar to affinis, with a larger eye, broader head, less pointed contours, more 
robust form; markings more numerous. 
Subfamily: LORICARIINAE 
Tail region much elongated, becoming depressed posteriorly, with a single 
series of plates on the sides; intestine usually of much less length than that of the 
preceding subfamilies, and not greatly exceeding the body length; haemal spines of 
the vertebrae bifid in the region of the anal fin; fourth upper pharyngeals and the 
lowers dentate; Jaw teeth in one series; adipose fin wanting; first finrays rather 
usually adorned with filaments of extreme length. 
In Oriental Peru the general name shitari is applied to any member of the 
subfamily. 
Genus 87: LORICARIA Linnaeus 
Loricaria Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. x, I, 307; 
Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XV, 453; 
Ikner, 1853, Denksch. Kx. Akad. Wiss. Wien, VI, 77; 
Bleeker, 1863, Nederl. Tijdsch. Dierk., I, 80; 
Giinther, 1864, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., V, 254; 
Higenmann and Eigenmann, 1889, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sei., (2), IT, 34; 
BKigenmann and EKigenmann, 1890, Occ. Papers Cal. Acad. Sei., I, 360; 
Regan, 1904, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, XVII, 270; 
Eigenmann, 1910, Rept. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, III, 413; 
EKigenmann, 1912, Mem. Carnegie Mus., V, 243. 
Type: Loricaria dura Linnaeus = Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus 
Both slopes of Panama to Rio de la Plata, Guiana to Peru 
A genus of Loricariidae lacking a series of spines bordering the snout, which 
is only moderately produced; the lips terminating in tentacles; anal plate wanting; 
an orbital notch present, of greater or less extent; jaw teeth few or moderate in 
number and not setiform; tail with lateral keel and snout not expanded at the end. 
206. LoRICARIA PUGANENSIS Pearson 
Loricaria puganensis Pearson, 1937a, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., (4), XXIII, 96, Pusoe and Tingo de 
Pauca, upper Maranon. 
The upper Maranon 
207. LORICARIA FILAMENTOSA Steindachner 
Loricaria filamentosa Steindachner, 1878, Denksch. Kk. Akad. Wiss. Wien, XX XIX, 29, pl. ix, 
Magdalena; 
