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Hypostomus topavae

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Species of catfish

Hypostomus topavae
Specimen from the Uberaba River, Paraná. Scale bar 10 mm.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Hypostomus
Species: H. topavae
Binomial name
Hypostomus topavae
(Godoy, 1969)
Synonyms
  • Plecostomus topavae

Hypostomus topavae is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Paraná River drainage, including the Rio Grande basin. The species is very large for a loricariid, reaching 70 cm (27.6 inches) SL.

References

  1. "ITIS - Report: Hypostomus topavae". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  2. Angelica C. Dias, A. C. Dias, & Cláudio H. Zawadzki, C. H. Zawadzki. (0000). Identification key and pictures of the Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the rio Ivaí, upper rio Paraná basin. Check list, 14, 393-414. doi: 10.15560/14.2.393
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus topavae". FishBase.
Taxon identifiers
Hypostomus topavae


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