Hypostomus eptingi
Hypostomus johnii
Steindachner, 1877
dedicated Prof. Or. Saint-John
Synonyms
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Standard length (documented)
157.2 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
Piauí, Maranhão, Ceará, Bahia
Brazil
río Sambito ⇒ rio Poti |rio Itaim → rio Canindé | rio Longá | riacho do Riachão ⇒ rio Parnaíba → Atlantic NE ↓ rio Grande → rio São Francisco → Atlantic SE ↓
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Flow
normal
Substrate
gravel, rocks
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
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
II / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
II / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
Glyptoperichthys parnaibae
Loricariichthys derbyi
Parotocinclus cabessadecuia
Parotocinclus haroldoi
Phenacorhamdia cabocla
Pimelodella parnahybae
Platydoras brachylecis
Trachelyopterus galeatus
Astyanax sp. aff. bimaculatus
Astyanax sp. aff. fasciatus
Cichlasoma sanctifranciscense
Compsura heterura
Hemiodus parnaguae
Loricariichthys derbyi
Parotocinclus cabessadecuia
Parotocinclus haroldoi
Phenacorhamdia cabocla
Pimelodella parnahybae
Platydoras brachylecis
Trachelyopterus galeatus
Astyanax sp. aff. bimaculatus
Astyanax sp. aff. fasciatus
Cichlasoma sanctifranciscense
Compsura heterura
Hemiodus parnaguae
Hoplias malabaricus
Leporinus piau
Phenacogaster calverti
Potamotrygon signata
Prochilodus lacustris
Psectrogaster rhomboides
Schizodon rostratus
Serrapinnus heterodon
Serrasalmus rhombeus
Sternophygus macrurus
Synbranchus marmoratus
Triportheus signatus
Leporinus piau
Phenacogaster calverti
Potamotrygon signata
Prochilodus lacustris
Psectrogaster rhomboides
Schizodon rostratus
Serrapinnus heterodon
Serrasalmus rhombeus
Sternophygus macrurus
Synbranchus marmoratus
Triportheus signatus
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. 359
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1876 "Die Süsswasserfische des südöstlichen Brasilien III." (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften , Vol. 74, P. 691)
- Zawadzki, C.H.; Oliveira, A.S.; Oliveira, R.R. de & Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H., 2015 "Hypostomus melanephelis, a new armored catfish species from the rio Tapajós basin, Brazil (Teleostei: Loricariidae)"
- 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. 229)
- 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)
- 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)
- Zawadzki, C.H.; Oyakawa, O.T. & Britski, H.a., 2017 "Hypostomus velhochico, a new keeled Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio São Francisco basin in Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4344 No. 3, P. 571)
- 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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