Hypostomus perdido

Hypostomus perdido
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Hypostomus
Species:	H. perdido
Binomial name
	Hypostomus perdido; Zawadzki, Tencatt & Froehlich, 2014

Hypostomus perdido^[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Perdido River, which is part of the Paraguay River basin in Brazil. It is typically found in portions of the river that have still or slow-moving water. The species reaches 18.1 cm (7.1 inches) SL and is believed to be a facultative air-breather. Its specific epithet, perdido, references the river in which it occurs.^[2]

References

^ Zawadzki, C.H., Tencatt, L.F., & Froehlich, O. (2014). A new unicuspid-toothed species of Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Paraguai basin. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12, 97-104.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus perdido". FishBase.

[1] Zawadzki, C.H., Tencatt, L.F., & Froehlich, O. (2014). A new unicuspid-toothed species of Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Paraguai basin. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12, 97-104.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus perdido". FishBase.

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