Loricariidae

Cuffy's Whiptail Pleco

Loricaria cuffyi

• Tropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• South America
• Elongated
• Tropical fish

Loricaria cuffyi is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the mailed catfishes. It is found in South America, where it occurs in the Essequibo River and Rio Negro basins in Guyana, as well as the Orinoco basin in Venezuela, and it also probably occurs in Brazil, with its type locality being designated as the Ireng River. The species was described in 2020 on the basis of 36 specimens by Alejandro Londoño-Burbano, Alexander Urbano-Bonilla and Matthew R. Thomas.