Hypostomus macrophthalmus
Boeseman, 1968
macro (gr.) = groß; ophtalmus (gr.) = Auge
Synonyms
Hypostomus pseudohemiurus macrophthalmus
Length (total)
> 11 cm
Standard length (documented)
72.0 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Locality
in/near rapids
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 known
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 360
- Boeseman, M., 1968 "The Genus Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803, and its Surinam Representatives (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) " (Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden), No. 99, P. 1)
- 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. 27)
- 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. 256)
- Britski, H.A.; Silimon, K.Z.S. & Lopes, B.S., 2007 "Peixes do Pantanal-Manual de Identificação"
- PCF
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