Hypostomus isbrueckeri
Reis, Weber & Malabarba, 1990
dedicated Dr. Isaäc J. H. Isbrücker
Synonyms
Cascudo-de-pontos-pretos
Isbrückers Schilderwels
Vieja de agua
Isbrückers Schilderwels
Vieja de agua
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
246.4 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
18 - 24 °C
Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Río Negro, Corrientes
Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
rio Ijuí | río Negro ⇒ rio Uruguai = río Uruguay → río de la Plata → Atlantic SE
[ -28.466,-53.959 ]
Flow
normal - strong
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
males have a white seam on the caudal fin
from genus: Standard
unknown
present
fin edging: yellow
fin edging: yellow
fin edging: yellow
fin edging: yellow
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
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.1036
- Aquaristik Fachmagazin Okt./Nov. 2010 S.7
- Seidel, Ingo: "Die Hypostomus-Arten des Südens"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Oktober / November 2010 "Wels-Presseschau")
- Reis, Roberto E.; Weber, Claude &Malabarba, Luiz R., 1990 "Review of the Genus Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 from Southern Brazil, with descriptions of three new species (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Revue Suisse de Zoologie, Vol. 97 Fas: 3-4, P. 752)
- 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. 22)
- Zawadzki, C.H.; da Silva, H.P. & Troy, W.P., 2018 "Redescription of Hypostomus latirostris (Regan, 1904) with the recognition of a new species of Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraguay basin, Brazil" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, No. 1079, P. 1)
- Rosa G. da; Silva, J.P. da; Vilella, F.S. & Becker, F.G., 2018 "Reproduction of two loricariid species in a confined river and implications for environmental impacts of dams" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 16 No. 4)
- 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)
- Malabarba, L.R.;Hirschmann,A.; Lucena,C.A.S. de; Giora,J.; Wingert,J.M.; Ferrer,J.; Silva,P.C ; Angrizani,R.C.; Costa Ramos,R. da; Kullander,S.; Carvalho,T.P.; Bertaco,V.; Fialho,C.B. & Bonato,K.O., 2025 "Guia Peixes do Bioma Pampa"
- --- find more ---
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Please help with your pictures and information to complete the database: database(at)welsfans.de
Link: https://www.suedamerikafans.de/en/wels-datenbank/welsart/?art=46
46
28.09.2025