Hypostomus ventromaculatus
Boesemann, 1968
venter (lat.) - belly; maculatus (lat.) - spoted
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Standard length (documented)
150.0 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Brokopondo, PARA (SUR), Marowijne, Commewijne, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Cayenne
Suriname, French Guiana
Suriname River ⇒ Atlantic NE
[ 5.026,-54.988 ]
Locality
in/near rapids
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males have longer fins
from genus: Standard
unknown
 
not known
- 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
- Boeseman, M., 1968 "The Genus Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803, and its Surinam Representatives (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) " (Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden), No. 99, P. 1)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Verslagen en technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, No. 22, P. 37)
- Bail, P.Y. Le; Keith, P. & Planquette, P., 2000 "Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane"
- 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. 262)
- Weber, C.; Covain, R. & Fisch-Muller, S., 2012 "Identity of Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758), with an overview of Hypostomus species from the Guianas (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Cybium, Vol. 36 No. 1)
- Weber, C.; Covain, R. & Fisch-Muller, S., 2012 "Identity of Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758), with an overview of Hypostomus species from the Guianas (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Cybium, Vol. 36 No. 1, P. 210)
- Melo, B.F.; Benine, R.C.; Britzke R., Gama, C.S. & Oliveira, C. , 2016 "An inventory of coastal freshwater fishes from Amapá highlighting the occurrence of eight new records for Brazil" (ZooKeys, 606, P. 134)
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