Hypostomus roseopunctatus
Reis, Weber & Malabarba, 1990
Hinweis auf die rosafarbenen Punkte
Synonyms
Cascudo-de-pintas-rosa
Rose Common Pleco
Watawata roseopunctata
Rose Common Pleco
Watawata roseopunctata
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
223.7 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
18 - 25 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.0
Flow
normal - strong
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males have longer fins
from genus: Standard
unknown
present
incised / concave, pointed
I / 7 rays
incised / concave, pointed
I / 7 rays
Sympatric with
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 362
- Seidel, Ingo: "Die Hypostomus-Arten des Südens"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Oktober / November 2010 "Wels-Presseschau")
- Reis, Roberto E.; Weber, Claude &Malabarba, Luiz R., 1990 "Review of the Genus Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 from Southern Brazil, with descriptions of three new species (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Revue Suisse de Zoologie, Vol. 97 Fas: 3-4, P. 756)
- Cardoso, Y.P.; Brancolini, F.; Paracampo, A.; Lizarralde, M.; Covain, R. & Montoya-Burgos, J.I., 2016 "Hypostomus formosae, a new catfish species from the Paraguay River Basin with redescription of H. boulengeri (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 27 No. 1, P. 22)
- Bertaco, V.A.; Ferrer, J.; Carvalho, F.R. & Malabarba, L.R., 2016 "Article Inventory of the freshwater fishes from a densely collected area in South America —a case study of the current knowledge of Neotropical fish diversity" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4138 No. 3, P. 418)
- Nión, H.; Rios, C. & Meneses, P., 2016 "Peces del Uruguay - Lista sistemática y nombres comunes"
- Zawadzki, C.H., Ramos, T.P.A & Sabaj, M., 2017 "Hypostomus sertanejo (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), new armoured catfish species from north-eastern Brazil" (Journal of Fish Biology, P. 13)
- Malabarba, L.R.;Hirschmann,A.; Lucena,C.A.S. de; Giora,J.; Wingert,J.M.; Ferrer,J.; Silva,P.C ; Angrizani,R.C.; Costa Ramos,R. da; Kullander,S.; Carvalho,T.P.; Bertaco,V.; Fialho,C.B. & Bonato,K.O., 2025 "Guia Peixes do Bioma Pampa"
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
massy
1, 2, 3, 4
Carlos Rodriguez
5, 6
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