Hypostomus gymnorhynchus
Norman, 1926
gymnos=blank, nackt; rhynkus=Nase, Schnauze
Synonyms
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
266.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
24 - 28 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
Amapá, Cayenne, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Brazil, French Guiana
Oyak River → Mahury River | Approuague River ⇒ Atlantic NE
˜[ 4.036,-52.519 ]
Type of water
Clear water
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
detritus
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 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
- Norman, J. R., 1626 "Descriptions of nine new freshwater fishes from French Guiana and Brazil" (Annals and Magazine of Natural History) P. 91
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.1032
- Werner, Uwe: "Nicht-Cichliden aus dem Mana"
(DATZ Juni/Juli 2021) - Drachenfels, Ernst-Otto von: "Europa – Regenwald? Regenwald!"
(Amazonas Januar / Februar 2023)
- Mérona, B. de; Hugueny, B.; Tejerina-Garro, F.L. & Gautheret, E., 2008 "Diet-morphology relationship in a fish assemblage from a medium-sized river of French Guiana: The effect of species taxonomic proximity" (Aquatic Living Resources, Vol. 21 No. 2)
- 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. 211)
- 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)
- Zawadzki, C.H.; Oliveira, A.S.; Oliveira, R.R. de & Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H., 2015 "Hypostomus melanephelis, a new armored catfish species from the rio Tapajós basin, Brazil (Teleostei: Loricariidae)"
- Zawadzki, C.H.; Oyakawa, O.T. & Britski, H.a., 2017 "Hypostomus velhochico, a new keeled Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio São Francisco basin in Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4344 No. 3, P. 571)
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for the pictures
Bubu Schmidt
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
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