''Farlowella'' is a

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in the

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Loricariidae Loricariidae is the largest family (biology), family of catfish (order Siluriformes), with over 90 genus, genera and just over 680 species. Loricariids originate from freshwater habitats of Costa Rica, Panama, and tropical and subtropical South A ...

native to

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. This genus is broadly

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, Paraná and coastal rivers of the Guyana Shield. It is absent from the

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slope of the

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and from the coastal rivers of the Brazilian Shield.Covain, R. & Fisch-Muller, S. (2007)
The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis.
''Zootaxa, 1462: 1–40.'' Many of these

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are kept in

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. This genus has a unique body shape that resembles a thin stick of wood. The

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is slender and elongate, often with a pronounced

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and a brownish color with two lateral dark stripes beginning at the tip of the rostrum, passing over the eyes and ending at the tail, which are periodically interrupted on the

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Taxonomy

The genus is placed within the

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Harttiini of the subfamily Loricariinae. Morphological,

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and phylogenetic studies have placed ''Farlowella'' as

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to '' Sturisoma''. The genus name of ''Farlowella'' is named in honor of William Gilson Farlow, a famous American

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whose main work was working with

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plants, the favorite food of this slender

catfish Catfish (or catfishes; order (biology), order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Catfish are common name, named for their prominent barbel (anatomy), barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, though not ...

Species

There are currently 30 recognized species in this genus: * '' Farlowella acus'' ( Kner, 1853) * '' Farlowella altocorpus'' Retzer, 2006 * '' Farlowella amazonum'' ( Günther, 1864) * '' Farlowella colombiensis'' Retzer &

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, 1997 * '' Farlowella curtirostra'' G. S. Myers, 1942 * '' Farlowella gianetii'' Ballen, Pastana & L. A. W. Peixoto, 2016 Ballen, G.A., Pastana, M.N.L. & Peixoto, L.A.W. (2016)
A new species of ''Farlowella'' (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) of the ''F. nattereri'' species-group from the rio Xingu basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil, with comments on ''Farlowella jauruensis'', a poorly-known species from the upper rio Paraguai basin.
''Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (3): e160046.'' * '' Farlowella gracilis'' Regan, 1904 * '' Farlowella hahni'' Meinken, 1937 * '' Farlowella hasemani'' C. H. Eigenmann & Vance, 1917 * '' Farlowella henriquei'' A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918 * '' Farlowella isbruckeri'' Retzer &

, 1997 * '' Farlowella jauruensis'' C. H. Eigenmann & Vance, 1917 * '' Farlowella knerii'' ( Steindachner, 1882) * '' Farlowella mariaelenae'' Martín Salazar, 1964 * '' Farlowella martini'' Fernández-Yépez, 1972 * '' Farlowella mitoupibo'' Ballen, Urbano-Bonilla &

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, 2016 Ballen, G.A., Urbano-Bonilla, A. & Zamudio, J.E. (2016)
''Farlowella mitoupibo'', a new species of stick catfish from the upper Guaviare River, Orinoco basin, Colombia (Teleostei: Loricariidae).
''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (4): 325–332.'' * '' Farlowella nattereri'' Steindachner, 1910 * '' Farlowella odontotumulus'' Retzer &

, 1997 * '' Farlowella oxyrryncha'' ( Kner, 1853) * '' Farlowella paraguayensis'' Retzer &

, 1997 * '' Farlowella platorynchus'' Retzer & Page, 1997 * '' Farlowella reticulata'' Boeseman, 1971 * '' Farlowella rugosa'' Boeseman, 1971 * '' Farlowella schreitmuelleri'' C. G. E. Ahl, 1937 * '' Farlowella smithi'' Fowler, 1913 * '' Farlowella taphorni'' Retzer &

, 1997 * '' Farlowella venezuelensis'' Martín Salazar, 1964 * '' Farlowella vittata'' G. S. Myers, 1942 * '' Farlowella wuyjugu'' Dopazo, Wosiacki & Britto, 2023 * '' Farlowella yarigui'' Ballen & Mojica, 2014 Ballen, G.A. & Mojica, J.I. (2014)
A new trans-Andean Stick Catfish of the genus ''Farlowella'' Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with the first record of the genus for the río Magdalena Basin in Colombia.
''Zootaxa, 3765 (2): 134–142.''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q134999 Freshwater fish genera Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann Taxa named by Rosa Smith Eigenmann Catfish genera