Spatuloricaria gymnogaster

Spatuloricaria gymnogaster^[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the upper Magdalena River basin in Colombia.

Spatuloricaria gymnogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Spatuloricaria
Species:	S. gymnogaster
Binomial name
Spatuloricaria gymnogaster (Eigenmann & Vance, 1912)
Synonyms
Loricaria gymnogaster

FishBase records a maximum standard length of 370 cm (146 in) for the species,^[2] but this is unlikely and can be assumed to be a misprint, with 37.0 cm (14.6 in) being the actual upper bound stated in the reference cited.^[3] Some sources list a standard length of 25 cm (9.8 in) for Spatuloricaria gymnogaster, and FishBase provides a maximum weight of 235.3 g.^[4][2]