Bibliography of Catfish Taxonomy through 2008
by Carl J. Ferraris, Jr.
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Armbruster, J. W. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships of the suckermouth armored catfishes of the Rhinelepis group (Loricariidae: Hypostominae). Copeia 1998:620–636.
Armbruster, J. W. 1998. Review of the loricariid catfish genus Aphanotorulus and redescription of A. unicolor (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 8:253–262.
Armbruster, J. W. 2002. Hypancistrus inspector: a new species of suckermouth armored catfish (Loricariidae: Ancistrinae). Copeia 2002:86–92.
Armbruster, J. W. 2003. Peckoltia sabaji, a new species from the Guyana Shield (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa 344:1–12.
Armbruster, J. W. 2003. The species of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa 249:1–60.
Armbruster, J. W. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships of the suckermouth armoured catfishes (Loricariidae) with emphasis on the Hypostominae and the Ancistrinae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 141:1–80.
Armbruster, J. W. 2004. Pseudancistrus sidereus, a new species from southern Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with a redescription of Pseudancistrus. Zootaxa 628:1–15.
Armbruster, J. W. 2005. The loricariid catfish genus Lasiancistrus with description of two new species. Neotropical Ichthyology 3:549–569.
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Armbruster, J. W., and M. Hardman. 1999. Redescription of Pseudorinelepis genibarbis (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) with comments on behavior as it relates to air-holding. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 10:53–61.
Armbruster, J.W., N.K. Lujan, and D.C. Taphorn. 2007. Four new Hypancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Amazonas, Venezuela. Copeia 2007:62–79.
Armbruster, J. W., and L. M. Page. 1996. Redescription of Aphanotorulus (Teleostei: Loricariidae) with description of one new species, A. ammophilus, from the Río Orinoco Basin. Copeia 1996:379–389.
Armbruster, J. W., and L. M. Page. 1997. Generic reassignment of the loricariid species Monistiancistrus carachama Fowler 1940, Plecostomus lacerta Nichols, 1919, and Rhinelepis levis Pearson, 1924 (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Copeia 1997:227–232.
Armbruster, J. W., and L. M. Page. 2006. Redescription of Pterygoplichthys punctatus and description of a new species of Pterygoplichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 4:401–409.
Armbruster, J. W., and F. Provenzano. 2000. Four new species of the suckermouth armored catfish genus Lasiancistrus (Loricariidae: Ancistrinae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 11:241–254.
Armbruster, J. W., M. H. Sabaj, M. Hardman, L. M. Page, and J. H. Knouft. 2000. Catfish genus Corymbophanes (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) with description of one new species: Corymbophanes kaiei. Copeia 2000:997–1006.