Hypostomus occidentalis
Boeseman, 1968
according to the origin Occidens (lat.) - west, westward
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 18 cm
Standard length (documented)
146.0 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
24 - 28 °C
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. 361
- Boeseman, M., 1968 "The Genus Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803, and its Surinam Representatives (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) " (Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden), No. 99, P. 47)
- 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. 257)
- PCF
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