''Fonchiiichthys uracanthus'' is a species of armored catfish native to

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

and

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

. This species is the only member of its genus. However, ''Fonchiiichthys'' has recently been considered to be a synonym of ''

Rineloricaria ''Rineloricaria'' (from the Greek, ''rhinos'' meaning ''nose'', and the Latin, ''lorica'' meaning ''cuirass of leather'') is a genus of freshwater tropical catfish ( order Siluriformes) belonging to the family Loricariidae. They are commonly call ...

'' and thus may be invalid. This species grows to a length of SL.

References

*Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2003. Loricariidae - Loricariinae (Armored catfishes). p. 330-350. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre EDIPUCRS, Brasil. Loricariidae Fish described in 1863 Fish of Central America Fish of Panama Fish of Costa Rica Monotypic freshwater fish genera Taxa named by Isaäc J. H. Isbrücker Taxa named by J. Pieter Michels Catfish genera {{Loricariidae-stub