Lithogenes

Lithogenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Lithogeninae
Gosline, 1947
Genus: Lithogenes
C. H. Eigenmann, 1909
Type species
Lithogenes villosus
C. H. Eigenmann, 1909

Lithogenes is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes. It is the only genus within the subfamily Lithogeninae. The fishes in this genus are found in northern South America.

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