Furcodontichthys novaesi

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| name = Furcodontichthys novaesi

| parent_authority = Rapp Py-Daniel, 1981

| taxon = Furcodontichthys novaesi

| authority = Rapp Py-Daniel, 1981.

}}

Furcodontichthys novaesi is the only species of the monotypic genus Furcodontichthys, a genus of armored catfish.{{cite journal|url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01462p040.pdf|title=The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis|first=Raphael|last=Covain|author2=Fisch-Muller, Sonia|journal=Zootaxa|volume=1462|pages=1–40|year=2007|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1462.1.1}}

This species is endemic to Brazil where it is known from the middle Amazon at Lake Tefé and from the upper Juruá River drainage in the Solimões River basin. F. novaesi inhabits sandy substrates.

Furcodontichthys novaesi reaches a length of {{convert|10.2|cm|in}} SL.{{FishBase|genus=Furcodontichthys|species=novaesi|year=2011|month=December}} As with closely related genera, males of Furcodontichthys show a hypertrophied development of the lips suggesting that this genus is a lip brooder. The presence of conspicuous fringed barbels at the lip corners

is unique among the Loricariinae subfamily.