Hypostomus brevis
Nichols, 1919
brevis (lat.) = short; because of the short body
Synonyms
Plecostomus brevis
Length (total)
> 8 cm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
São Paulo
Brazil
˜[ -22.009,-48.787 ]
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
only known from holotype
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. 356
- Nichols, Dr. J. Treadwell, 1919 "Cascudos Brazileiros do Genero Plecostomus do Museu Paulista" (Revista do Museu Paulista, Vol. 9)
- 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. 21)
- 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. 79)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 252)
- Cardoso, P.C.; Almirón, A.; Casciotta, J. & Montoya-Burgos, J.I., 2012 "Origin of species diversity in the catfish genus Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) inhabiting the Paraná river basin, with the description of a new species" (Zootaxa, Vol. 3453, P. 77)
- PCF
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