Synonyms
Plecostomus interruptus
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
236.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
➀ rio Juquiá near Fazenda Poço Grande, rio Ribeira de Iguape, río do Batatal, ➀ rio Betari, ribeirão Braço Bonito, rio Capivari, rio Catas Atlas, rio das Criminosas, ribeirão Grande, unnamed creek to rio Itariri, rio Palmital, rio Pardo, rio dos Pilões, córrego do Queimado, rio Saibadela, arroio Taquaral, arroio Tres Barras, rio Turvo
São Paulo, Paraná
Brazil
rio Areado ⇒ rio Guanhanha → rio São Lourencinho | rio do Quilombo ⇒ rio Juquiá | rio Pardo | rio Catas Atlas | rio Jacupiranguinha → rio Jacupiranga | rio Açungui | rio Ponta Grossa ⇒ rio Ribeira de Iguape | rio Peruíbe ⇒ Atlantic SE
˜[ -24.321,-47.604 ]
High above sea level
165 - 900 m
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
4 soft rays
I / 7 rays
4 soft rays
I / 7 rays
Sympatric with
Pimelodella transitoria
Rineloricaria kronei
Coptodon rendalli
Corydoras ehrhardti
Deuterodon iguape
Geophagus iporanguensis
Hoplias sp. aff. malabaricus
Rineloricaria kronei
Coptodon rendalli
Corydoras ehrhardti
Deuterodon iguape
Geophagus iporanguensis
Hoplias sp. aff. malabaricus
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. 358
- Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1918 "Tres generos e dezesete especies novas de peixes brasileiros determinados nas collecções do Museu Paulista" (Revista do Museu Paulista, Vol. 10)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 255)
- Cardoso, Y.P.; Brancolini, F.; Paracampo, A.; Lizarralde, M.; Covain, R. & Montoya-Burgos, J.I., 2016 "Hypostomus formosae, a new catfish species from the Paraguay River Basin with redescription of H. boulengeri (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 27 No. 1, P. 22)
- Zawadzki, C.H.; Carvalho, P.H.; Birindelli, J.L.O. & Azevedo, F.M., 2016 "Hypostomus nigrolineatus, a new dark-striped species from the rio Jequitinhonha and rio Pardo basins, Brazil (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol 27 No. 3, P. 272)
- Frota, A.; Message, H.J.; Oliveira, R.C.de; Benedito, E. & Graça, W.J.da, 2019 "Ichthyofauna of headwater streams from the rio Ribeira de Iguape basin, at the boundaries of the Ponta Grossa Arch, Paraná, Brazil" (Biota Neotropica, Vol. 19 No. 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)
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