Hypostomus commersonii

Valenciennes, 1836
Hypostomus commersonii vom Río Salado
 
Family
 
Subfamily
 
Genus
Synonyms
Plecostomus commersoni
Hypostomus limosus
Plecostomus limosus
Acarí
Buenos Aires-Schilderwels
Cascudo
Cascudo chocolate
Cascudo panaque
Coroncho
Limpiavidrio
Mandí
Mandí-í
Pirá-tatú
Porteñito
Red Fin
Vieja de río
Vieja del agua
Vieja negra
Yarú-itacuá
least concern
Length (total)
approx.  60 cm
Standard length (documented)
408.5 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Weight
1.800 kg
Temperature
17 - 28 °C
pH
7.2 - 9.2
Conductivity
1087 - 2654 µS/cm
Oxygen
6.1 - 9.1 mg/L

Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos, Misiones, Santa Fé, Corrientes, Paraná, Paysandú, Artigas, Soriano, Colonia, Salto, Rio Negro

Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay

Río de la Plata

[ -34.350,-58.280 ]
Map to Hypostomus commersonii
Flow
normal
Substrate
sand, mud, clay
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Can breathe atmospheric
yes
from genus: males have longer fins
from genus: Standard
unknown
 
 
 
present
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
dark dots
I / 7 rays
slightly convex
dark dots
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
Sympatric with
Astyanax procerus
Astyanax xiru
Bryconamericus iheringii
Characidium pterostictum
Crenicichla lepidota
Crenicichla punctata
Diapoma alburnus
Geophagus brasiliensis
Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys
Gymnotus sp. aff. carapo
Heptapterus sp.
Hoplias malabaricus
Hyphessobrycon nicolasi
Ituglanis sp.
Oligosarcus jacuiensis
Oligosarcus jenynsii
Phalloceros caudimaculatus
Phalloceros spiloura
Synbranchus marmoratus
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
  • Valenciennes, A., 1836 "Poissons [plates]" (A. d'Orbigny. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale)
  • I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2"  edition: 1 (2005) P.1030
  • Aquaristik Fachmagazin Okt./Nov. 2010 S.6
Pic. 2: Hypostomus commersonii vom Río Salado
Pic. 3: Hypostomus commersonii
Pic. 4: Hypostomus commersonii
Pic. 5: Hypostomus commersonii
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Gustavo Liggera
1, 2
Paul Louis Oudart (1796–1860)
3
José "BlackSouL" Sole
4
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