Hypostomus fluviatilis
Appearance
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
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Binomial name | |
Hypostomus fluviatilis (Schubart, 1964)
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Hypostomus fluviatilis[1] 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.[2] The species reaches 16.5 cm (6.5 inches) in standard length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.