Acanthicus Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1829
— 2 spp.
Ancistrus Kner, 1854
— 55 spp.
Chaetostoma Heckel in Tschudi, 1846
— 41 spp.
Cordylancistrus Isbrìcker, 1980
— 2 spp.
Dolichancistrus Isbrìcker, 1980
— 3 spp.
Exastilithoxus Isbrìcker & Nijssen in Isbrìcker, 1979
— 2 spp.
Hemiancistrus Bleeker, 1862
— 15 spp.
Hypocolpterus Fowler, 1943
— 1 sp.
Lasiancistrus Regan, 1904
— 23 spp.
Leptoancistrus Meek & Hildebrand, 1916
— 2 spp.
Lipopterichthys Norman, 1935
— 1 sp.
Lithoxancistrus Isbrìcker, Nijssen & Cala, 1988
— 1 sp.
Lithoxus Eigenmann, 1910
— 7 spp.
Megalancistrus Isbrìcker, 1980
— 3 spp.
Neblinichthys Ferraris, Isbrìcker & Nijssen, 1986
— 2 spp.
Panaque Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
— 9 spp.
Parancistrus Bleeker, 1862
— 5 spp.
Peckoltia Miranda-Ribeiro, 1912
— 19 spp.
Pseudacanthicus Bleeker, 1862
— 5 spp.
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Additional information sources:
The taxonomic information and the basic database has been provided by; e-mail: Igor Sheremetyev ; This is a conversion from a database dump, and there are probably many odd things as result of automatic conversion.