Synonyms
Plecostomus commersonii scabriceps
Length (total)
approx. 35 cm
Standard length (documented)
160.0 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
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
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 7 rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 7 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
- 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
- Eigenmann, C.H. & Eigenmann, R.S., 1888 "Preliminary Notes on South American Nemotognathi" (Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Vol. 1 Ser. 2, P. 168)
- 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. 260)
- Zanata, A.M.; Sardeiro, B. & Zawadzki, C.H., 2013 "A new dark-dotted species of Hypostomus Lacépède (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from rio Paraguaçu, Bahia State, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 11 No. 2, P. 248)
- Zanata, A.M. & Pitanga, B.R., 2016 "A new species of Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from rio Itapicuru basin, Bahia State, Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4137 No. 2, P. 231)
- Zawadzki, C.H.; Carvalho, P.H.; Birindelli, J.L.O. & Azevedo, F.M., 2016 "Hypostomus nigrolineatus, a new dark-striped species from the rio Jequitinhonha and rio Pardo basins, Brazil (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol 27 No. 3, P. 273)
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