''Fonchiiichthys uracanthus'' is a species of

armored catfish Armoured catfish may refer to: *Family Loricariidae: The armoured suckermouth catfish, also known as suckermouth catfish, armoured catfish or simply 'plecs' or 'plecos' *Family Callichthyidae: armoured catfish, includes the genera **''Corydoras'', ...

native to Costa Rica and

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. This species is the only member of its genus. However, ''Fonchiiichthys'' has recently been considered to be a synonym of ''

Rineloricaria ''Rineloricaria'' (from the Greek, ''rhinos'' meaning ''nose'', and the Latin, ''lorica'' meaning '' cuirass of leather'') is a genus of freshwater tropical catfish (order Siluriformes) belonging to the family Loricariidae. They are commonly c ...

'' and thus may be invalid. This species grows to a length of SL.

References

*Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2003. Loricariidae - Loricariinae (Armored catfishes). p. 330-350. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre EDIPUCRS, Brasil. Loricariidae Fish described in 1863 Fish of Central America Fish of Panama Fish of Costa Rica Monotypic freshwater fish genera Taxa named by Isaäc J. H. Isbrücker Taxa named by J. Pieter Michels Catfish genera {{Loricariidae-stub