Hypostomus variostictus
Miranda-Ribeiro, 1912
Synonyms
Plecostomus variostictus
Length (total)
approx. 6 cm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
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
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 7 rays
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 7 rays
only known from juvenile holotype
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. 364
- Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1912 "Loricariidae, Callichthyidae, Doradidae e Trichomycteridae" (Commissão de Linhas Telegraphicas Estrategicas de Matto-Grosso ao Amazonas, No. 5, P. 6)
- 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. 261)
- Britski, H.A.; Silimon, K.Z.S. & Lopes, B.S., 2007 "Peixes do Pantanal-Manual de Identificação"
- Zawadzki, C.H.; Weber, C. & Pavanelli, C.S., 2010 "A new dark-saddled species of Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraguay basin" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 8 No. 4, P. 719)
- Koerber & Weber, 2014 "The Hypostominae of Argentina" (Ichthyological Contributions of Peces Criollos, P. 8)
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