Hypostomus fluviatilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Hypostomus
Species:
H. fluviatilis
Binomial name
Hypostomus fluviatilis
(Schubart, 1964)
Synonyms
  • Plecostomus fluviatilis
The loricariid labeled with the number 2 in this image is a specimen of Hypostomus fluviatilis.

Hypostomus fluviatilis[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is a freshwater fish native to South America, where it occurs in the Rio Grande basin in the Paraná River drainage in Brazil, with its type locality being the Mojiguaçu River.[2] The species reaches 16.5 cm (6.5 inches) in standard length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.[3]

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hypostomus fluviatilis (Schubart, 1964)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
  2. Nomura, Hitoshi. (1988). Caracteres merísticos e biologia do cascudo, Hypostomus fluviatilis (Schubart, 1964) (Osteichthyes, Loricariidae) do rio Mogi-Guaçu, São Paulo, Brasil. Revista Brasileira De Zoologia - REV BRAS ZOOL. 5. 10.1590/S0101-81751988000100006.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus fluviatilis". FishBase.


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