Hypoptopoma machadoi
Aquino & Schaefer, 2010
dedicated Antonio Machado-Allison
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 9 cm
Standard length (documented)
69.6 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.0
río Apure near San Fernando de Apure, ➀ río Orinoco, río Meta, laguna Aerotas, río Anaro, caño Araguáito, caño Araguao, río Arauca, ➀ caño Caicará, caño Caigua, río Carapo, ➀ río Caura, caño Chuapo, río Cuchivero, quebrada Cuchivero = quebrada Cuchiverito, río Cunaviche, caño Falcón, río Guarapiche, río Guárico, caño La Indiecita, laguna Larga = laguna Larga Ii, ➀ río Manapiare, caño Maraca, río Matiyure, río Mato, río Negrito, río Negro, caño Paloma, río Portuguesa, caño La Raya, río Santo Domingo, caño Setenta, río Socopó, caño Socoroco, río Suripá = río Madre Vieja, laguna Tapatapa, quebrada Venturosa, Llanos
Apure, Amazonas, Barinas, Bolívar (VEN), Monagas, Portuguesa, Delta Amacuro, Cojedes, Guárico, Anzoátegui
Colombia, Venezuela
río Negro → río Humea | río Guayuriba ➙ río Metica ⇒ río Meta | caño Igues → río Portuguesa | río Suripá = río Madre Vieja | río Paguey | caño Colorado → caño Guaritico ⇒ río Apure | río Paragua → río Caroní | río Mato ➙ río Caura | río Ventuari | río Arauca | caño Imataka ⇒ río Orinoco | río Àguas → río de San Juan ⇒ Caribic ↓
[ 7.901,-67.508 ]
Type of water
Black water
Substrate
sand
In water
deadwood, branches
On the riverbank
forest
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
Can breathe atmospheric
yes
unknown
present
incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
slightly concave
incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
slightly concave
not known
- Seidel, Ingo "Ingos Harnischwelszucht" edition: 1 (2010) P.125
- Aquino, A.E. & Schaefer, S.A., 2010 "Systematics of the genus Hypoptopoma Günther, 1868 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Bulletin Of The American Museum Of Natural History, No. 336, P. 1)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 76)
- Urbano-Bonilla, A.; Ballen, G.A.; Herrera-R, G.A.; Zamudio, J., Herrera-Collazos; E.E.; DoNascimiento, C.; Prada-Pedreros, S. & Maldonado-Ocampo, A., 2018 "Fishes of the Cusiana River (Meta River basin, Colombia), with an identification key to its species" (ZooKeys, No. 733, P. 75)
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