Lithoxus lithoides

Lithoxus lithoides is a species of armored catfish native to Guyana and Suriname where it is found in stony rivulets of the Essequibo and upper Correntyne River basins. It can be found clinging to rocks in rapidly moving water. This species grows to a length of 8.6 centimetres (3.4 in) SL. It is the only species in its genus.^[2]

Lithoxus lithoides
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Subfamily:	Hypostominae
Tribe:	Ancistrini
Genus:	Lithoxus Eigenmann, 1910
Species:	L. lithoides
Binomial name
Lithoxus lithoides C. H. Eigenmann, 1912

Taxonomy

Lithoxus is supported as a monophyletic sister to Exastilithoxus. Together, these two genera form a well-supported clade.^[3]

Diet

Lithoxus (along with its sister, Exastilithoxus) are fairly unusual among loricariids in that they subsist entirely on a diet of insect larvae.