Hisonotus megaloplax
Carvalho & Reis, 2009
megalos (gr.) - big; plax (gr.) - plate
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 6 cm
Standard length (documented)
47.1 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
22 - 24 °C
Flow
small - normal
Substrate
sand, rocks
In water
submerged grasses
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
unknown
absent
I / 5 rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
bright patches
II / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 5 rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
bright patches
II / 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
- Carvalho, T.P. & Reis, R.E., 2009 "Four new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Uruguay, southeastern South America, with a review of the genus in the rio Uruguay basin" (Zootaxa 2113: 1–40 (2009))
- Zawadzki, C.H.; Roxo, F.F. & Graça. W.J. da, 2016 "Hisonotus pachysarkos, a new species of cascudinho from the rio Ivaí basin, upper rio Paraná system, Brazil (Loricariidae: Otothyrinae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 26 No. 4, P. 381)
- 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. 418)
- 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)
- Dias, A.C.; Silva, G.S.C.; Oliveira, C. & Roxo, F.F., 2018 "A new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Aripuanã river, Amazon basin, Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4504 No. 4)
- 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, P. 583)
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