Hypostomus punctatus
Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840
punctata - with dots; because the dark dots
Synonyms
Cascudo (BRA)
Plecostomus rachovii
Vieja de Agua (URU)
Plecostomus rachovii
Vieja de Agua (URU)
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
235.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
22 - 29 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
Substrate
sand, gravel, rocks
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
detritus, algae, vegetable fibers, cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)
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
I / 4 rays
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 4 rays
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
03/September/2015
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 362
- Valenciennes, 1840 "Siluroïdes" (Histoire naturelle des Poissons, Vol. 15, P. 493)
- Mazzoni, R.; Rezende, C. & Manna, L.R., 2010 "Feeding ecology of Hypostomus punctatus Valenciennes, 1840 (Osteichthyes, Loricariidae) in a costal stream from Southeast Brazil" (Brazilian Journal of Biology, Vol. 70 No. 3, P. 569)
- Mazzoni, R.; Silva, R.C.da 6 Pinto, M.P., 2015 "Invasion and Colonisation of a Tropical Stream by an Exotic Loricariid Fish: Indices of Gradual Displacement of the Native Common Pleco (Hypostomus punctatus) by the Red Fin Dwarf Pleco (Parotocinclus maculicauda) over Fifteen Years" (PlosOne)
- Cardoso, Y.P.; Brancolini, F.; Paracampo, A.; Lizarralde, M.; Covain, R. & Montoya-Burgos, J.I., 2016 "Hypostomus formosae, a new catfish species from the Paraguay River Basin with redescription of H. boulengeri (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 27 No. 1, P. 22)
- Nión, H.; Rios, C. & Meneses, P., 2016 "Peces del Uruguay - Lista sistemática y nombres comunes"
- Zawadzki, C.H.; Oyakawa, O.T. & Britski, H.a., 2017 "Hypostomus velhochico, a new keeled Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio São Francisco basin in Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4344 No. 3, P. 571)
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