Hisonotus vespuccii
Roxo, Silva & Oliveira, 2015
dedicated Amerigo Vespucci, discoverer of the Rio San Francisco in 1501
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 5 cm
Standard length (documented)
35.7 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
Minas Gerais
Brazil
rio Itacarambi | Usina de Bernardo Mascarenhas = Três Marias ⇒ Rio São Francisco
[ -17.350,-44.952 ]
Substrate
sand, rocks
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
unknown
absent
I / 5 rays
7 + 7 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
II / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 5 rays
7 + 7 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
II / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
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
- Roxo, F.F.; da Costa e Silva, G. & Oliveira, c., 2015 "A new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from rio São Francisco basin, Brazil" (ZooKeys, No. 498, P. 127)
- Calegari, B.B.; Morlis, W.G. & Reis, R.E., 2017 "A new species of Otothyropsis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Río Paraná basin, Paraguay, with a discussion of the limits between Otothyropsis and Hisonotus" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4244, No. 2, P. 244)
- Roxo, F.F.; Silva, G.S.C.; Ochoa, L.E. & Zawadzki, C.H., 2017 "Description of a new species of Gymnotocinclus from the rio Tocantins basin with phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4268 No. 3, P. 351)
- Roxo, F.F.; Silva, G.S.C. & Melo, B.F., 2018 "Hisonotus devidei, a new species from the São Francisco basin, Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) " (Journal of Fish Biology)
- Dias, A.C.; Silva, G.S.C.; Oliveira, C. & Roxo, F.F., 2018 "A new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Aripuanã river, Amazon basin, Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4504 No. 4, P. 583)
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Roxo F, Silva G, Oliveira C. (CC BY-NC 4.0)
1, 2, 3, 4
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