hypselurus (gr.) - high, tall, tail; tall caudal peduncle
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 12 cm
Standard length (documented)
69.1 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
20 - 24 °C
rio Forqueta = arroio Forqueta near Maquiné, arroio Escangalhado, rio Maquiné, rio do Ouro, arroio do Padre, arroio Água Parada, rio Amola Faca, rio Canoas = rio Sertão, arroio Facão, rio Faxinalzinho, arroio Lageado Cerrito, rio Mae Luzia, arroio do Padre, rio São Bento, rio Três Forquilhas = rio Cornélios, rio Três Pinheiros
arroio Pavão, arroio Carvalho, arroio Bernardes, arroio Maia Coc
arroio Pavão, arroio Carvalho, arroio Bernardes, arroio Maia Coc
Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina
Brazil
arroio Lageado Cerrito ➙ rio Maquiné | rio Três Forquilhas ⇒ lagoa dos Quadros → rio Tramandaí | rio Mae Luzia → rio Maracajá → rio Moura ➙ rio Araranguá | rio Mampituba ⇒ Atlantic SE
[ -29.542,-50.247 ]
Type of water
Clear water
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
present
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
straight to slightly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
straight to slightly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft 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. 354
- Pereira, E. H. L. & Reis, R.E., 2002 "Revision of the loricariid genera Hemipsilichthys and Isbrueckerichhtys (Teleostei: Siluriformes), with descriptions of five new species of Hemipsilichthys" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 13 No. 2, P. 97)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 280)
- Pereira, E.H.L.; Lehmann, P. & Reis, R.E., 2012 "A new species of the Neoplecostomine catfish Pareiorhaphis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Coastal basins of Espírito Santo, eastern Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 10 No. 3, P. 539)
- Pereira, E.H.L.; Lehmann, P.A.; Schvambach, L.J. & Reis, R.E., 2015 "A new species of Pareiorhaphis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the headwaters of the Arroio Garapiá, coastal drainage of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4034 No. 3, P. 563)
- Bertaco, V.A.; Ferrer, J.; Carvalho, F.R. & Malabarba, L.R., 2016 "Article Inventory of the freshwater fishes from a densely collected area in South America —a case study of the current knowledge of Neotropical fish diversity" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4138 No. 3, P. 419)
- Pereira, E.H.L. & Reis, R.E., 2017 "Morphology-based phylogeny of the suckermouth armored catfishes, with emphasis on the Neoplecostominae (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4264, No. 1, P. 75)
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