Limatulichthys griseus

Taxobox
name = "Limatulichthys griseus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Loricariidae
subfamilia = Loricariinae
tribus = Loricariini
genus = "Limatulichthys"
genus_authority = Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1979
species = "L. griseus"
binomial = "Limatulichthys griseus"
binomial_authority = (Eigenmann, 1909)
synonyms =
*"Loricaria punctata"
Regan, 1904
*"Loricaria griseus"
Eigenmann, 1909
*"Rhineloricaria petleyi"
Fowler, 1940
*"Loricariichthys parnahybae"
Fowler, 1941

"Limatulichthys griseus" is the only species of the monotypic genus "Limatulichthys", a genus of the family Loricariidae of catfish (order Siluriformes).cite journal|url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01462p040.pdf|title=The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis|first=Raphael|last=Covain|coauthors=Fisch-Muller, Sonia|journal=Zootaxa|volume=1462|pages=1–40|year=2007|formattPDF]

This species is widely distributed in the Amazon basin and in the Essequibo River drainage. It is also known from the Tocantins, western Orinoco, and Parnaíba River basins. "L. griseus" is a sand dweller.

"L. griseus" reaches a length of about 18 centimetres (7 in) SL.FishBase species|genus=Limatulichthys|species=griseus|year=2007|month=May] As with closely related genera, males show a hypertrophied development of the lips suggesting that this species is a lip brooder.

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