Hypostomus varimaculosus
Fowler, 1945
various - various, maculosus - spotted
Synonyms
unknown
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 12 cm
Standard length (documented)
91.0 mm
Recommended tank size
80 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
incised / concave, pointed
longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 7 rays
5 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 4 rays
incised / concave, pointed
longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 7 rays
5 soft rays
5 soft rays
On the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive 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
- Fowler, Henry W., 1945 "Colombian Zoological Survey - I. The Fresh-Water Fishes obtained in 1945" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 97, P. 113)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Verslagen en technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, No. 22, P. 37)
- Armbruster, J.W., 2004 "Phylogenetic relationships of the suckermouth armoured catfishes (Loricariidae) with emphasis on the Hypostominae and the Ancistrinae" (abstract) (Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, P. 80)
- 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)
- 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. 82)
- PCF
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