Hisonotus ringueleti
Aquino, Schäfer & Miquelarena, 2001
dedicated Raúl A. Ringuelet
Synonyms
Cascudinho-da-fronteira
Hisonotus candombe
Hisonotus candombe
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 5 cm
Standard length (documented)
35.5 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
22 - 26 °C
im río Quaraí = río Cuareim-, arroyo Palomas, arroyo Catalán Grande
Rivera, Salto, Artigas, Rio Grande do Sul
Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
Río Arapey | río Quaraí = río Cuareim ⇒ río Uruguay ➙ río de la Plata
˜[ -30.924,-55.542 ]
(Prefered) River depth
< 0.50 m
Type of water
Clear water
Flow
small - normal
Substrate
gravel, sand, rocks
In water
Makrophyten
On the riverbank
grasses
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
CSG-Journal 4/2023
absent
4 soft rays
14 soft rays
dark patches
6 - 7 soft rays
5 soft rays
5 soft rays
4 soft rays
14 soft rays
dark patches
6 - 7 soft rays
5 soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
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. 323
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 2 P.371
- Aquino, A.E.; Schaefer, S.A. & Miquelarena A.M., 2001 "A New Species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) of the Upper Río Uruguay Basin" (American Museum Novitates, No 3333, P. 87)
- Casciotta, J.; Azpelicueta, M.; Almirón, A. & Litz T.O., 2006 "Hisonotus candombe, a new species from the río Uruguay basin in the República Oriental del Uruguay (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Otothyrini)" (Spixiana, Vol. 29 No. 2, P. 147)
- Calegari, B.B.; Morlis, W.G. & Reis, R.E., 2017 "A new species of Otothyropsis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Río Paraná basin, Paraguay, with a discussion of the limits between Otothyropsis and Hisonotus" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4244, No. 2, P. 244)
- Roxo, F.F.; Silva, G.S.C. & Melo, B.F., 2018 "Hisonotus devidei, a new species from the São Francisco basin, Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) " (Journal of Fish Biology)
- Bogan,S.; Bauni,V.; Alvarez, S.M. & Dalia, A., 2019 "Ejemplares tipo de la Colección Ictiológica que conserva la Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina" (Hisotoria Natural, Ser. 4 Vol. 9 No. 2, P. 18)
- Grant, S. & Gerwing, K., 2023 "From egg to adult: unusual green colouration in some species of Hisonotus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae)" (Catfish Study Group-Journal, Vol. 24 Iss. 4, P. 6)
- 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"
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