Hypostomus formosae
Cardoso, Brancolini, Paracampo, Lizarralde, Covain, Montoya-Burgos, 2016
according to the origin Province Formosa in Argentina
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 28 cm
Standard length (documented)
249.0 mm
Recommended tank size
180 cm
Temperature
22 - 28 °C
pH
6.4 - 7.5
Formosa, Central, Boqueron
Argentina, Paraguay
río Salado → riacho Salado → río Paraguay → río Paraná → río de la Plata → Atlantic SE
[ -26.441,-58.401 ]
Flow
normal
Substrate
gravel, sand, rocks
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
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
II / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
II / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
Habitate: O2: 5.9 - 6.6 mg/l; EC 67 - 660 µS/cm
Sympatric with
not known
- Cardoso, Y.P.; Brancolini, F.; Paracampo, A.; Lizarralde, M.; Covain, R. & Montoya-Burgos, J.I., 2016 "Hypostomus formosae, a new catfish species from the Paraguay River Basin with redescription of H. boulengeri (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 27 No. 1, P. 9)
- Bogan,S.; Bauni,V.; Alvarez, S.M. & Dalia, A., 2019 "Ejemplares tipo de la Colección Ictiológica que conserva la Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina" (Hisotoria Natural, Ser. 4 Vol. 9 No. 2, P. 19)
- Cardoso, Y.P.; Queiroz, L.J. de; Bahechar, I.A.; Posadas, P.E. & Montoya-Burgos, 2021 "Multilocus phylogeny and historical biogeography of Hypostomus shed light on the processes of fish diversification in La Plata Basin" (scientific reports, Vol. 11)
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