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These fish are characterized by bony plates covering their body, similar to the bony plates in Callichthyids (In Latin, lorica means corselet).
The Loricariidae [from the Latin lorica, a corselet] is the largest catfish family holding more than 825 nominal species. The largest subfamily is the Hypostominae containing 31 genera with 447 nominal species representing some 53% of all loricariids.
 See also: Taxonomy, Water, Fish, Adipose Fin, Anterior
  
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