Hypostomus fluviatilis | |
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specimen of Hypostomus fluviatilis scalebar = 1cm | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Genus: | Hypostomus |
Species: | H. fluviatilis |
Binomial name | |
Hypostomus fluviatilis (Schubart, 1964) | |
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Hypostomus fluviatilis 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. The species reaches 16.5 cm (6.5 inches) in standard length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.
References
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hypostomus fluviatilis (Schubart, 1964)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus fluviatilis". FishBase.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Hypostomus fluviatilis |
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