Hypoptopoma inexspectatum (LDA 13)

Holmberg, 1893

Classification

Family

Subfamily

Tribe

Genus

Synonyms

Cascudinho
Rapa-canoa
Aristommata inexpectatum
Aristommata nexspectata
Hypoptopoma guntheri
Longfinned Hypoptopoma
Oxyropsis inexpectata
Riesen Ohrgitterharnischwels
Vieja (Peru)

Length (total)

approx. 9 cm

Standard length (documented)

71.0 mm

Recommended tank size

80 cm

Temperature

18 - 26 °C

Origin

➀ río Paraguay = rio Paraguai near Formosa, ➀ río Paraná = rio Paraná, ➀ río Apa, rio Cuiabá = rio Canabu, río Formosa, río Jaurú, río Jejuí Guazú, río Negro, río Negro, rio Piquiri = rio Pequiri, riacho Santa Fé, río Santa Lucia, rio Sararé = rio Pixaim, Pantanal

Region

Formosa, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Corrientes, Misiones, Santa Fé, Buenos Aires, Santa Cruz, Alto Paraguay, Amambay, Central, Concepción, Presidente Hayes, San Pedro

Countries

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay

River system

rio São Lourenço ⇒ río Paraguay ⇒ río Paraná → río de la Plata → Atlantic SE

GPS

[ -26.185,-58.159 ]

Hypoptopoma - overview of habitats

Water values South America

Nutrition

Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian

Eats plants

not known

Type of keeping

Keeping in groups is necessary.

Can breathe atmospheric

yes

Bred

facebook

Fins
(Complementary with respect to the genus)

Anal fin
Caudal fin
Dorsal fin
Pectoral fins
Pelvic fins

5 soft rays
14 soft rays
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays

Hypoptopoma - overview of fins

Information for export

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

last seen on a
german stock list

22/July/2015

Hypoptopoma - on last evaluated german stock lists

Additional literature

Holmberg, E.L., 1893 "Nombres vulgares de peces Argentinos con sus equivalencias científicas" (Revista del Jardin Zoológico de Buenos Ayres) P. 85
Holmberg, E.L. , 1893 "Dos peces Argentinos" (Revista del Jardin Zoológico de Buenos Ayres) P. 354
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