Hypostomus luteomaculatus
Devincenci & Teague, 1942
Synonyms
Cascudo amarelo
cascudo chita
chitão (BRA)
Plecostomus luteomaculatus
vieja (URU)
vieja de agua (ARG)
cascudo chita
chitão (BRA)
Plecostomus luteomaculatus
vieja (URU)
vieja de agua (ARG)
Length (total)
approx. 35 cm
Standard length (documented)
280.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
24 - 27 °C
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
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
I / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
I / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 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
- Devincenzi, G.J. & Teague, G.W., 1942 "Ictiofauna del Rio Uruguay medio" (Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Montevideo (Serie 2)) P. 1
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 359
- Aquaristik Fachmagazin Okt./Nov. 2010 S.8
- Seidel, Ingo: "Die Hypostomus-Arten des Südens"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Oktober / November 2010 "Wels-Presseschau")
- Koerber, S. & Weber, C., 2014 "The Hypostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) of Argentina " (Ichthyological Contributions of Peces Criollos, Vol. 29, P. 1)
- Sverlij, S.B.; Schenke, R.L.D. ; López, H.L. & Ros, A.E., 2015 "Peces del Río Uruguay"
- 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. 12)
- 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)
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Ken Davis
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