Hypostomus hermanni
Ihering, 1905
Synonyms
Plecostomus hermanni
Length (total)
approx. 28 cm
Standard length (documented)
201.8 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
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
- Steve Grant, 2020 "Hypostomus L233 possibly identified" (Journal of the Catfish Study Group) P. 20
- Ihering, Rudolf von, 1905 "Descriptions of Four new Loricariid Fishes of the Genus Plecostomus from Brazil" (The Annals and magazine of natural history, Vol. 15, P. 560)
- Frota, A.; Carvalho Deprá, G. de; Petenucci, L.M. & Graça, W.J. da, 2016 "Inventory of the fish fauna from Ivaí River basin, Paraná State, Brazil" (Biota Neotropica, Vol. 16 No. 3, P. 6)
- Dias, A.C. & Zawadzki, C.H., 2018 "Identification key and pictures of the Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the rio Ivaí, upper rio Paraná basin" (CheckList, Vol. 14 No. 2, P. 393)
- Ota, R.R.; Carvalho Deprá, G. de; Graça, W.J. da & Pavanelli, C.S., 2018 "Peixes da planície de inundação do alto rio Paraná e áreas adjacentes: revised, annotated and updated" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 16 No. 2, P. 73)
- Dias, A.C. & Zawadzki, C.H., 2021 "Hypostomus hermanni redescription and a new species of Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Upper Paraná River basin, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 19 No. 2)
- Dagosta,F.C; Monção,M.S; Nagamatsu,B.A; Pavanelli,C.S; Carvalho,F.R; Lima,F,C.T; Langeani,F; Dutra,G.M; Ota, R.R; Seren,T.J; Tagliacollo,V; Menezes, N.A; Britski,H.A & Pinna M, 2024 "Fishes of the upper rio Paraná basin: diversity, biogeography and conservation" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 22 No. 1)
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