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Hypostomus dlouhyi

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Species of fish

Hypostomus dlouhyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Hypostomus
Species: H. dlouhyi
Binomial name
Hypostomus dlouhyi
C. Weber, 1985

Hypostomus dlouhyi is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Yguazú River basin in the middle Paraná River drainage. The species reaches 24.5 cm (9.6 inches) SL and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Czech-born biologist Carlo Dlouhy, of the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève in Switzerland, who collected the holotype of the species.

References

  1. "ITIS - Report: Hypostomus dlouhyi". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  2. Weber, C. (1985). "Hypostomus dlouhyi, nouvelle espèce de poisson-chat cuirassé du Paraguay (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)". Revue suisse de zoologie. 92: 955–968. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.81925. ISSN 0035-418X.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus dlouhyi". FishBase.
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily HYPOSTOMINAE Kner 1853 (Suckermouth Catfishes or Plecos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Hypostomus dlouhyi


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