Hypostomus variipictus
Ihering, 1911
Synonyms
has Plecostomus margaritifer butantanis
Kopfpunkt-Schilderwels
Plecostomus variipictus
Plecostomus variopictus
Kopfpunkt-Schilderwels
Plecostomus variipictus
Plecostomus variopictus
Length (total)
approx. 40 cm
Standard length (documented)
289.0 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Temperature
18 - 25 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.0
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
present
I / 4 rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 7 rays
I / 4 rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 7 rays
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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 363
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.1070
- von Ihering, Rodolpho, 1911 "Algumas especies novas de peixes d'agua doce" (Revista do Museu Paulista, Vol. 8, P. 390)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Verslagen en technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, No. 22, P. 36)
- 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. 80)
- Langeani, F.; Casatti, L.; Gameiro, H.S.; Carmo, A.B. do & Cerqueira Rossa-Feres, D. de, 2005 "Riffle and pool fish communities in a large stream of southeastern Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 3 No. 2, P. 306)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 261)
- Azevedo, F.M.; Zawadzki, C.H.; Soria, T.V.; Carrenho Fabrin, T.M.; Oliveira, A.V.de;Pinto,S.M.A.& Prioli, A.J., 2021 "Integrative taxonomy reveals the historically poorly‐defined armored catfish Hypostomus variipictus (Ihering 1911), from the upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (abstract) (Journal of Fish Biology)
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