Hypostomus uruguayensis
Reis, Weber & Malabarba, 1990
according to the origin Río Uruguay
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
201.2 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
20 - 25 °C
Rio Grande do Sul, Mato Grosso, Artigas
Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia
rio Ijuí | rio Ibicuí ⇒ río Uruguay | rio São Lourenço → río Paraguay → río Paraná ⇒ río de la Plata
[ -28.619,-56.032 ]
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
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. 363
- Lechner, Walter: "Aquaristisch neue Welse aus São Paulo"
(DATZ 2/2009)
- 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. 760)
- 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)
- Zawadzki, C.H.; da Silva, H.P. & Troy, W.P., 2018 "Redescription of Hypostomus latirostris (Regan, 1904) with the recognition of a new species of Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraguay basin, Brazil" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, No. 1079, P. 1)
- Cardoso, Y.P.; Queiroz, L.J. de; Bahechar, I.A.; Posadas, P.E. & Montoya-Burgos, 2021 "Multilocus phylogeny and historical biogeography of Hypostomus shed light on the processes of fish diversification in La Plata Basin" (scientific reports, Vol. 11)
- Lustosa-Costa, S.Y.; Bogan, S.; Queiroz, L.J.de ; Montoya-Burgos, J.I.; Paracampo, A.; Maiztegui, T. & Cardoso, y.P., 2021 "Distribution extension of Hypostomus uruguayensis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) in Argentina and first record for Bolivia. Molecular, morphology and biogeography data" (abstract) (Zootaxa, Vol. 4996)
- Oliveira, P.V.R. de; Azevedo, F.M. & Zawadzki, C.H., 2023 "The Upper Rio Paraguay Basin Reveals Another Jewel Hidden: Hypostomus uruguayensis (Loricariidae)" (abstract) (Journal of Ichthyology)
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