Hypostomus paranensis

Weyenbergh, 1877
Specie with doubtful identity (species inquirenda)
 
according to the origin río Paraná
 
Family
 
Subfamily
 
Genus
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
río Paraná = rio Paraná basin near Santa Fé
Lagunen bei Sante Fé

Entre Ríos, Santa Fe

Argentina

río de la Plata → Atlantic SE

˜[ -31.678,-60.681 ]
Map to Hypostomus paranensis
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
 
 
 
Holotype lost, only one specie
Sympatric with
Astyanax abramis
Bryconamericus sp. aff. iheringii
Oligosarcus jenynsii
not known
  • Weyenbergh, H., 1877 "Algunos nuevos pescados del Museo Nacional, y algunas noticias ictiológicas" (Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Buenos Aires) P. 1
  • Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 357
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