Hypostomus cari
Lustosa-Costa, Ramos, Zawadzki, Jacobina & Lima, 2024
cari - common term for river fishermen who catch armored catfish
Synonyms
Hypostomus sp. aff. pusarum "Açude Ingazeiro"
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Standard length (documented)
143.6 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
rio Parnaíba, rio Água Quente, rio das Balsas, rio Berlenga, riacho das Cabaças, riacho Caldeirão, rio Canindé, rio Contrato, rio Corrente, riacho da Cruz, riacho Fundo, rio Guaribas, rio Gurguéia, açude Ingazeiro, rio Itaueira, rio Longá, riacho Marcelino, riacho dos Matões, riacho Mulato, riacho Muquem, riacho Muquila, riacho dos Negros, lagoa de Parnaguá, rio Parnaíba, rio Pejuaba, rio Piauí, riacho Pureza, río Sambito, lagoa São Francisco
Piauí, Maranhão
Brazil
rio Canindé → rio Parnaíba → Atlantic NE
[ -8.146,-41.145 ]
Locality
in/near rapids
Flow
strong
Substrate
rocks
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
little longer at the bottom than at the top
II / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
little longer at the bottom than at the top
II / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
Sympatric with
Hassar affinis
Hypostomus johnii
Hypostomus vaillanti
Hypostomus velhomonge (L 78)
Loricaria parnahybae
Pimelodella parnahybae
Astyanax lacustris
Caenotropus labyrinthicus
Curimata macrops
Geophagus parnaibae
Hemiodus parnaguae
Hypostomus johnii
Hypostomus vaillanti
Hypostomus velhomonge (L 78)
Loricaria parnahybae
Pimelodella parnahybae
Astyanax lacustris
Caenotropus labyrinthicus
Curimata macrops
Geophagus parnaibae
Hemiodus parnaguae
Hoplias malabaricus
Knodus victoriae
Leporinus piau
Moenkhausia dichroura
Pellona flavipinnis
Prochilodus lacustris
Pterengraulis atherinoides
Saxatilia brasiliensis
Steindachnerina notonota
Tetragonopterus argenteus
Knodus victoriae
Leporinus piau
Moenkhausia dichroura
Pellona flavipinnis
Prochilodus lacustris
Pterengraulis atherinoides
Saxatilia brasiliensis
Steindachnerina notonota
Tetragonopterus argenteus
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
- Lustosa-Costa, S.Y.; Ramos, T.P.A., Zawadzki, C.H.; Jacobina, U.P. & Lima; S.M.Q., 2024 "Integrative taxonomy clarifies the armoured catfish Hypostomus pusarum (Starks) species complex (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) and reveals a new species in the drainages of Northeastern Brazil" (abstract) (Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 201 Iss. 3)
- Lustosa-Costa, S.Y.; Ramos, T.P.A.; Zawadzki, C.H. & Lima, S.M.Q., 2022 "Review of the armoured catfish genus Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Parnaíba River basin, Northeastern Brazil, with description of a new species" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 20 No. 1, P. 133)
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