Fonchiiichthys

Fonchiiichthys is a small genus of catfish from Central and South America. It is often considered to be monotypic, containing only F. uracanthus.

Fonchiiichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Subfamily:	Loricariinae
Genus:	Fonchiiichthys Isbrücker & Michels, 2001
Type species
Loricaria uracantha (Kner, 1863)

Fonchiiichthys has recently been considered invalid, having been synonymised with Rineloricaria, along with Ixinandria, Hemiloricaria, and Leliella.^[1] However, FishBase still considers Fonchiiichthys and Ixinandria as valid.

Species

There are currently two recognized species:^[2]

• Fonchiiichthys rupestris (Schultz, 1944)
• Fonchiiichthys uracanthus (Kner, 1863)