Hypostomus affinis
Steindachner, 1877
Synonyms
Plecostomus affinis
Parahyba-Schilderwels
Parahyba-Schilderwels
Length (total)
approx. 45 cm
Standard length (documented)
397.0 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Temperature
23 - 29 °C
Flow
no - strong
Substrate
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
Sympatric with
Gelanoglanis pan
Harttia carvalhoi
Harttia loricariformis
Hypostomus luetkeni
Imparfinis minutus
Microcambeva bendego
Myoglanis potaroensis
Neoplecostomus microps (LDA 34)
Pareiorhaphis nasuta
Rhamdia quelen
Rineloricaria cf. lima "rio Piraí"
Trichomycterus macrophthalmus
Trichomycterus nigroauratus
Astyanax giton
Harttia carvalhoi
Harttia loricariformis
Hypostomus luetkeni
Imparfinis minutus
Microcambeva bendego
Myoglanis potaroensis
Neoplecostomus microps (LDA 34)
Pareiorhaphis nasuta
Rhamdia quelen
Rineloricaria cf. lima "rio Piraí"
Trichomycterus macrophthalmus
Trichomycterus nigroauratus
Astyanax giton
Astyanax intermedius
Australoheros sp.
Brycon opalinus
Characidium lauroi
Characidium vidali
Crenicichla lepidota
Geophagus brasiliensis
Gymnotus pantherinus
Hypomasticus mormyrops
Oligosarcus hepsetus
Oreochromis niloticus
Phalloceros harpagos
Poecilia reticulata
Scleromystax barbatus
Australoheros sp.
Brycon opalinus
Characidium lauroi
Characidium vidali
Crenicichla lepidota
Geophagus brasiliensis
Gymnotus pantherinus
Hypomasticus mormyrops
Oligosarcus hepsetus
Oreochromis niloticus
Phalloceros harpagos
Poecilia reticulata
Scleromystax barbatus
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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
30/March/2014
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.1022
- Cramer, Christian: "Harnischwelse einmal anders: Südostbrasilien"
(Amazonas November/Dezember 2011 - "Wels-Presseschau")
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1876 "Die Süsswasserfische des südöstlichen Brasilien III." (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften , Vol. 74, P. 685)
- Mazzoni, R.; Caramaschi, U. & Weber, C., 1994 "Taxonomical revision of the species of Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Lower rio Paraiba do Sul, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil" (Revue Suisse de Zoologie, Vol. 101 No. 1, P. 5)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H.; Seidel, I.; Michels, J.P., Schraml, R. & Werner,A., 2001 "Diagnose vierzehn neuer Gattungen der Familie Loricariidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Teleostei, Ostariophysi)" (DATZ Sonderheft Harnischwelse 2, 2, P. 31)
- 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)
- Vieira, F.; Gomes, J.P.C.; Maia, B.P. & Silva, L.G.M., 2015 "Peixes do Quadrilátero ferrífero"
- 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. 20)
- Zanata, A.M. & Pitanga, B.R., 2016 "A new species of Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from rio Itapicuru basin, Bahia State, Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4137 No. 2, P. 231)
- 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. 271)
- 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)
- 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)
- PCF
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for the pictures
João Luiz Gasparini (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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Guimaraes, Erick C. (CC BY 3.0)
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