Baensch Catfish Atlas Volume 1

The sucker mouth catfishes are presently comprised of over 650 described and many additional, still un-described species. This makes them the largest family of South American catfishes, and many of its members are popular aquarium residents.

The present tome is the first volume of a two part thorough treatise on the family Loricariidae, to an extent unavailable to date.

The emphasis of this First Volume is on an introductory section describing the habitats and providing extensive informatio...