Hypostomus saramaccensis
Boeseman, 1968
according to the origin Saramacca River
Synonyms
wara-wara
Length (total)
approx. 18 cm
Standard length (documented)
115.0 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
24 - 28 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males have longer fins
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. 362
- 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. 33)
- 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. 80)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 259)
- Zawadzki, C.H.; Oliveira, A.S.; Oliveira, R.R. de & Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H., 2015 "Hypostomus melanephelis, a new armored catfish species from the rio Tapajós basin, Brazil (Teleostei: Loricariidae)"
- Fishbase
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