according to the origin rio Mutuca
Synonyms
Mutuca-Schilderwels
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Standard length (documented)
109.0 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Temperature
24 - 29 °C
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
 
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
- Knaack, J., 1999 "A new species of suckermouth catfish (Hypostomus Lacépède 1803) from the Mato Grosso, Brazil (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Tropical Fish Hobbyist) P. 102
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 360
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.1049
- Ramos, T.P.A.; Zawadzki, C.H.; da Costa Ramos, R.T. & Britski, H.A., 2017 "Redescription of Hypostomus johnii, a senior synonym of Hypostomus eptingi (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), Northeastern Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 15 No. 2, P. 8)
- 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)
- 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)
- Gimênes Junior, H. & Rech, R. , 2022 "Guia ilustrado dos peixes do Pantanal e entorno"
- 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)
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