Hypostomus ericae
| Hypostomus ericae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Hypostomus |
| Species: | H. ericae
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypostomus ericae Hollanda Carvalho & Weber, 2005
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Hypostomus ericae[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the upper Tocantins River drainage in Brazil. The species reaches 24 cm (9.4 inches) in total length. Its specific epithet, ericae, honors Erica Pellegrini Caramaschi, who collected the first specimens of the species.[2] The fish was formally described as a species new to science in 2005 by Pedro Hollanda Carvalho and Claude Weber in 2005. Characteristics that distinguish it from other catfish in genus Hypostomus include the number of odontodes in the opercle; its colour pattern, which features widely spaced spots on its body; the presence of a buccal papilla; and the depth of its caudal peduncle.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "ITIS - Report: Hypostomus ericae". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus ericae". FishBase.
- ^ Hollanda Carvalho, P.; Weber, C. (2004). "Five new species of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the middle and lower Amazon System". Revue suisse de zoologie. 111 (4): 953–978. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.80281. ISSN 0035-418X.