Hypostomus pusarum

Starks, 1913
Hypostomus pusarum
 
Family
 
Subfamily
 
Genus
Synonyms
Bodó
Chupa-pedra
Limpa-vidro
Plecostomus pusarum
least concern
Length (total)
approx.  25 cm
Standard length (documented)
206.2 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm

Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Piauí, Pernambuco, Alagoas

Brazil

rio Poti ➙ rio Parnaíba | rio Saco E Lobo → rio Batalheira ⇒ rio Salgado | riacho do Espírito → riacho São Pedro ⇒ rio Jaguaribe | rio Seridó ➙ rio Piranhas-Açu ⇒ Atlantic NE ↓ rio Santo Alberto → lagoa Guaraíras | lagoa Manguaba | rio Pajeú → rio São Francisco | açude Boqueirão ⇒ rio Paraíba do Norte ⇒ Atlantic SE↓
Map to Hypostomus pusarum
(Prefered) River depth
1.00 - 2.00 m
Type of water
Clear water
Flow
no - strong
Substrate
sand, 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
14 soft rays
incised / concave
II / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
Sympatric with
Hypostomus sertanejo
Parotocinclus jacksoni
Parotocinclus seridoensis
Apareiodon davisi
Astyanax sp. aff. bimaculatus
Characidium bimaculatum
Cheirodon jaguaribensis
Cichlasoma orientale
Compsura heterura
Eleotris pisonis
Geophagus brasiliensis
Hemigrammus marginatus
Hemigrammus rodwayi
Hoplias malabaricus
Leporinus piau
Plagioscion squamosissimus
Poecilia vivipara
Prochilodus brevis
Saxatilia brasiliensis
Serrapinnus heterodon
Serrapinnus piaba
Serrapinnus potiguar
Steindachnerina notonota
Synbranchus sp. aff. marmoratus
Triportheus signatus
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
Pic. 2: Hypostomus pusarum
Pic. 3: Hypostomus pusarum, UFPB 9265, 150.0 mm SL. Poti River, tributary of the Parnaíba River basin, Crateús, Ceará, Brazil
Pic. 4: Hypostomus pusarum
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