Hypostomus vaillanti
Steindachner, 1877
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 23 cm
Standard length (documented)
192.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
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
greatly incised / concave, pointed
much longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 4 rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
much longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
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
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1877 "Die Süßwasserfische des südöstlichen Brasilien (IV)" (Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vol. 76, P. 225)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 261)
- Zanata, A.M.; Sardeiro, B. & Zawadzki, C.H., 2013 "A new dark-dotted species of Hypostomus Lacépède (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from rio Paraguaçu, Bahia State, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 11 No. 2, P. 248)
- Zanata, A.M. & Pitanga, B.R., 2016 "A new species of Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from rio Itapicuru basin, Bahia State, Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4137 No. 2, P. 231)
- Ramos, T.P.A.; Zawadzki, C.H.; da Costa Ramos, R.T. & Britski, H.A., 2017 "Redescription of Hypostomus johnii, a senior synonym of Hypostomus eptingi (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), Northeastern Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 15 No. 2, P. 8)
- Lustosa-Costa, S.Y.; Ramos, T.P.A.; Zawadzki, C.H. & Lima, S.M.Q., 2022 "Review of the armoured catfish genus Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Parnaíba River basin, Northeastern Brazil, with description of a new species" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 20 No. 1)
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