Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 35 cm
Standard length (documented)
280.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
18 - 25 °C
Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil, Uruguay
rio Pomba | rio Paraibuna ⇒ rio Paraíba do Sul → Atlantic SE
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
 
Sympatric with
Australoheros sp.
Crenicichla lepidota
Geophagus brasiliensis
Gymnotus pantherinus
Hoplias malabaricus
Hypomasticus mormyrops
Oligosarcus hepsetus
Phalloceros harpagos
Crenicichla lepidota
Geophagus brasiliensis
Gymnotus pantherinus
Hoplias malabaricus
Hypomasticus mormyrops
Oligosarcus hepsetus
Phalloceros harpagos
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
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1877 "Die Süßwasserfische des südöstlichen Brasilien (IV)" (Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vol. 76, P. 217)
- 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. 79)
- Cardoso, P.C.; Almirón, A.; Casciotta, J. & Montoya-Burgos, J.I., 2012 "Origin of species diversity in the catfish genus Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) inhabiting the Paraná river basin, with the description of a new species" (Zootaxa, Vol. 3453, P. 77)
- 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)"
- 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. 272)
- Brito, V. de & Buckup, P.A., 2019 "The fish fauna of the upper Piraí drainage, a transposed mountain river system in southeastern, Brazil" (Check List, Vol. 15 No. 1, P. 241)
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Rachel C. Atanacio (CC BY 3.0)
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