Hypancistrus

Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1991
Type species: Hypancistrus zebra (L 46)
Hypancistrus zebra (L 46)
Etymology
hypo (gr.) = under, in reference to the reduced dentition
Classification
 
Family
Loricariidae
 
Subfamily
Hypostominae
 
Tribe
Peckoltini
 
Group
Hemiancistrus
Synonyms
have Micracanthicus
Length (total)
5 - 35 cm
Body height
normal
Coloring
usually contrasting striped or dotted
Fins
Adipose
present
Anale
(3 - ) 4 soft rays
Caudale
(12 - ) 14 ( - 15)  soft rays
Dorsale
7 ( - 8)  soft rays
Pectorale
6 soft rays
Ventrale
5 soft rays
 
Hypancistrus - overview of fins
Mouth
relatively small
Jaw
greatly reduced dentition
Hypancistrus zebra (L 46)
 
Hypancistrus - Overview of the natural diet
Sex difference
Males have a a wider head and stronger odontodes. Females have a wider waist.
Breeding behavior
cavity breeder
Distribution
Brazil (49), Colombia (8), Guyana (1), Suriname (1), Venezuela (11)
Map to Hypancistrus
 
Hypancistrus - overview of habitats
Similar Genus
Panaqolus
Peckoltia
Additional literatur
  • I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" S.561 - 567
Internet sources

Species

Species
Country
Origin
Length
(cm)
AQ
(cm)
T.
(°C)
Bree
ding
Hypancistrus contradens
Armbruster, Lujan & Taphorn, 2007
 
Venezuela
río Ventuari, río Orinoco im Mündungsgebiet des río Ventuari
(Amazonas)
Hypancistrus contradens
12
80
26 - 30
multiple
Hypancistrus cf. contradens "L 471"

 
Venezuela
Mündungsgebiet des Rio Ventuari in den Rio Orinoco
(Amazonas (VEN))
PCF
12
60
26 - 30
DATZ 12/2013
Hypancistrus debilittera (L 129)
Armbruster, Lujan & Taphorn, 2007
 
Colombia, Venezuela
Río Bita, río Orinoco
(Amazonas, Meta)
Hypancistrus debilittera (L 129)
11
60
25 - 29
multiple
Hypancistrus cf. debilittera "Rio Guaviare"

 
Colombia
Rio Guaviare-Einzug
Hypancistrus cf. debilittera "Rio Guaviare"
12
80
26 - 30
PlecoPlanet
Hypancistrus cf. debilittera "Río Inirida"

 
Brazil, Colombia
Río Inirida nahe El Remanso
(Guainía)
12
80
26 - 30
unknown
Hypancistrus cf. debilittera "L 340" / "LDA 19"

 
Colombia
Rio Tomo
(Meta)
Hypancistrus cf. debilittera "L 340" / "LDA 19"
10
60
25 - 29
Catfish Atlas 2
Hypancistrus cf. debilittera "L 454"

 
Colombia, Venezuela
Río Atabapo
(Amazonas, Vichada)
Hypancistrus cf. debilittera "L 454"
13
80
25 - 29
yes
Hypancistrus cf. debilittera "L 474"

 
Venezuela
Río Cinaruco
(Apure)
Hypancistrus cf, debilittera "Rio Sinaruco"
11
60
25 - 29
yes
Hypancistrus cf. debilittera "L 527"

 
Colombia
río Vaupes bei Mitú
(Vaupés)
10
60
 
unknown
Hypancistrus furunculus (L 199)
Armbruster, Lujan & Taphorn, 2007
 
Venezuela
río Ventuari, oberer río Orinoco Einzug
(Amazonas)
Hypancistrus furunculus (L 199)
13
100
25 - 29
welse.ch
Hypancistrus inspector
Armbruster, 2002
 
Venezuela
Rio Casiquare
(Amazonas)
Hypancistrus inspector
20
120
25 - 29
Handbuch L-Welse
Hypancistrus cf. inspector "L 102"

 
Brazil
Barcelos, ggf. Rio Uaupés od. Rio Demini
(Amazonas (BRA))
Stawikowski, Rainer, 1992 "Harnischwelse aus Brasilien"
20
120
25 - 29
unknown
Hypancistrus cf. inspector "L 501"

 
Colombia
Río Vaupés
(Amazonas (BRA), Amazonas (VEN), Guainía, Vaupés)
Hypancistrus cf. inspector "L 501"
20
120
25 - 29
CSG Journal 4/2017
Hypancistrus lunaorum (L 339)
Armbruster, Lujan & Taphorn, 2007
 
Venezuela
río Ventuari, río Manapiare, río Parucito, Oberlauf des río Orinoco
(Amazonas)
Hypancistrus lunaorum (L 339)
15
100
26 - 30
mehrfach
Hypancistrus margaritatus (L 404)
Tan & Armbruster, 2016
 
Brazil, Guyana
Rio Takutu, rio Branco
(Roraima, Potaro-Siparuni)
Hypancistrus margaritatus (L 404)
15
100
25 - 29
multiple
Hypancistrus parkateje
Araújo, Ferreira, Monteiro & Wosiacki, 2024
 
Brazil
rio Tocantins
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: vulnerable
Araújo, F.; Ferreira, M.; Monteiro, I. & Wosiacki, W., 2024 "A new species of Hypancistrus Isbrücker & Nijssen 1991 (Loricariidae, Siluriformes) from the rapids of the middle Rio Tocantins" (abstract)
9
60
 
unknown
Hypancistrus phantasma
Tan & Armbruster, 2016
 
Brazil
rio Uaupes bei Taracuá
(Amazonas (BRA))
Hypancistrus phantasma sp. n., holotype, 123.3 mm SL, dorsal, lateral, and ventral views, MZUSP 116531, Rio Uaupes. Photographs by M Tan.
15
100
26 - 30
unknown
Hypancistrus seideli
Sousa, Sousa, Ribeiro, Sabaj, Zuanon & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2025
 
Brazil
rio Xingu
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: least concern
Hypancistrus seideli (L 66)
20
120
26 - 30
unknown
Hypancistrus seideli (L 66)
Sousa, Sousa, Ribeiro, Sabaj, Zuanon & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2025
 
Brazil
Rio Xingu bei Belo Monte
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: least concern
Hypancistrus seideli (L 66)
20
100
26 - 30
multiple
Hypancistrus seideli (L 236)
Sousa, Sousa, Ribeiro, Sabaj, Zuanon & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2025
 
Brazil
Rio Xingu zwischen Altamira und Belo Monte
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: least concern
Hypancistrus seideli (L 236)
12
100
26 - 30
multiple
Hypancistrus seideli (L 287)
Sousa, Sousa, Ribeiro, Sabaj, Zuanon & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2025
 
Brazil
Rio Pará
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: least concern
Hypancistrus seideli (L 287)
14
100
25 - 29
unknown
Hypancistrus seideli (L 333)
Sousa, Sousa, Ribeiro, Sabaj, Zuanon & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2025
 
Brazil
Rio Xingu bei Porto de Moz
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: least concern
Hypancistrus seideli (L 333)
15
100
26 - 30
multiple
Hypancistrus seideli (L 399)
Sousa, Sousa, Ribeiro, Sabaj, Zuanon & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2025
 
Brazil
Rio Xingu bei Belo Monte
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: least concern
Hypancistrus seideli (L 399)
15
100
25 - 29
yes
Hypancistrus seideli (L 400)
Sousa, Sousa, Ribeiro, Sabaj, Zuanon & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2025
 
Brazil
Rio Xingu bei Belo Monte
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: least concern
Hypancistrus seideli (L 400)
15
100
25 - 29
yes
Hypancistrus seideli (L 470)
Sousa, Sousa, Ribeiro, Sabaj, Zuanon & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2025
 
Brazil
Rio Xingu, Volta Grande
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: least concern
Sousa, L.M.de ; Sousa, E.B.de ; O.R., R.de ; Sabaj, M.H. ; Zuanon, J. & Py-Daniel, L.R. , 2025 "Two new species of Hypancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Xingu, Amazon, Brazil"
PCF
12
80
26 - 30
yes
Hypancistrus sp. "Gurupá"

 
Brazil
Mündung des Rio Xingu, nördl. Porto do Moz bei Gurupá
(Pará (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "Gurupá"
14
100
26 - 30
multiple
Hypancistrus sp. "Kolumbien"

 
Colombia
oberer río Orinoco-Einzug ?
(Arauca, Casanare, Vichada)
Hypancistrus sp. "Kolumbien"
10
60
26 - 30
unknown
Hypancistrus sp. "Manaus"

 
Brazil
Manaus
(Amazonas)
Hypancistrus sp. "Manaus"
15
100
26 - 30
unknown
Hypancistrus sp. "Platinum"

 
Colombia or Venezuela
 
Hypancistrus sp. "Platinum"
12
80
25 - 29
unknown
Hypancistrus sp. "Rio Cauamé"

 
Brazil
Rio Cauamé
(Roraima)
Hypancistrus sp. "Rio Cauamé"
15
100
26 - 30
unknown
Hypancistrus sp. "Rio Curuá"

 
Brazil
Rio Curuá
(Pará (BRA))
10
60
25 - 29
unknown
Hypancistrus sp. "Rio Madeira"

 
Brazil
Rio Madeira
(Acre,Amazonas (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "Rio Madeira"
15
100
26 - 30
fb
Hypancistrus sp. "Rio Paru"

 
Brazil
Rio Paru
(Pará (BRA))
13
100
26 - 30
unknown
Hypancistrus sp. "Suriname"

 
Suriname
oberer Maroni River = Marowijne River
(Sipawilini)
12
80
25 - 29
Catfish Atlas 2
Hypancistrus sp. "LDA 69"

 
Venezuela
 
35
160
 
unknown
Hypancistrus sp. "L 4"

 
Brazil
Rio Tocantins-Einzug bei Cametá
(Pará (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "L 4"
12
100
26 - 30
multiple
Hypancistrus sp. "L 5"

 
Brazil
Rio Tocantins-Einzug bei Cametá
(Pará (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "L 5"
12
100
26 - 30
multiple
Hypancistrus sp. "L 28"

 
Brazil
Rio Guamá bei Ourém
(Pará (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "L 28"
12
100
26 - 30
multiple
Hypancistrus sp. "L 70"

 
Brazil
Rio Tapajós bei Santarém
(Pará (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "L 70"
16
100
26 - 29
multiple
Hypancistrus sp. "L 73"

 
Brazil
Rio Pará
(Pará (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "L 73"
12
100
26 - 30
multiple
Hypancistrus sp. "L 136"

 
Brazil
Rio Demini im mittleren Rio Negro Einzug
(Amazonas)
Hypancistrus sp. "L 136"
12
80
26 - 29
multiple
Hypancistrus sp. "L 136" / "LDA 5"

 
Brazil
Rio Demini im mittleren Rio Negro Einzug
(Amazonas)
Hypancistrus sp. "L 136" / "LDA 5"
12
80
26 - 29
multiple
Hypancistrus sp. "L 136" / "LDA 6"

 
Brazil
Rio Demini im mittleren Rio Negro Einzug
(Amazonas)
Hypancistrus sp. "L 136" / "LDA 6"
12
80
26 - 29
multiple
Hypancistrus sp. "L 158"

 
Brazil
Rio Negro-Einzug
(Amazonas)
Stawikowski, Rainer, 1994 "Loricariiden aus Brasilien"
PCF
12
80
26 - 29
unknown
Hypancistrus sp. "L 201"

 
Venezuela
Rio Orinoco bei Minicia
(Amazonas)
Hypancsitrus sp. "L201", male
12
80
26 - 30
multiple
Hypancistrus sp. "L 250"

 
Brazil
Rio Iriri oder rio Xingu bei Belo Monte
(Pará (BRA))
Redaktion DATZ, 1997 "Jubiläumswels"
PCF
10
60
26 - 30
unknown
Hypancistrus sp. "L 260"

 
Brazil
Rio Tapajós Stromschnellen zwischen Itaituba - Pimental
(Pará (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "L 260"
12
100
26 - 30
multiple
Hypancistrus sp. "L 262"

 
Brazil
Rio Tapajós Stromschnellen oberhalb von Itaituba
(Pará (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "L 262"
10
60
26 - 30
multiple
Hypancistrus sp. "L 270" / "LDA 76"

 
Brazil
Rio Curuá-Una
(Pará (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "L 270" / "LDA 76"
12
80
26 - 30
multiple
Hypancistrus sp. "L 297"

 
Brazil
Rio Aripuanã südl. Nova Aripuanã
(Amazonas)
Seidel, Christoph, 2001 "Harnischwelse aus dem Rio Aripuana"
PCF
15
100
26 - 30
unknown
Hypancistrus sp. "L 307"

 
Brazil
Rio Curuá-Una
(Pará (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "L 307"
12
80
26 - 30
multiple
Hypancistrus sp. "L 316"

 
Brazil
Rio Jari nördlich von Monte Dourado
(Amapá, Pará (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "L 316"
12
60
25 - 29
multiple
Hypancistrus sp. "L 318"

 
Brazil
Rio Jari nördlich von Monte Dourado
(Amapá, Pará (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "L 318"
15
80
25 - 29
unknown
Hypancistrus sp. "L 345"

 
Brazil
Rio Pará
(Pará (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "L 345"
15
100
25 - 29
unknown
Hypancistrus sp. "L 401"

 
Brazil
Rio Curuá
(Pará (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "L 401"
12
80
25 - 29
yes
Hypancistrus sp. "L 410"

 
Brazil
Rio Jari
(Amapá, Pará (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "L 410"
15
100
25 - 29
yes
Hypancistrus sp. "L 411"

 
Brazil
Rio Jari
(Amapá, Pará (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "L 411"
15
100
25 - 29
multiple
Hypancistrus sp. "L 428"

 
Brazil
Rio Curuá nordwestlich von Alenquer
(Pará (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "L 428"
12
80
26 - 30
unknown
Hypancistrus sp. "L 429"

 
Brazil
Rio Jatapu
(Amazonas, Roraima)
Hypancistrus sp. "L 429"
12
80
26 - 30
unknown
Hypancistrus sp. "L 450"

 
Brazil
Santarém
(Pará (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "L 450"
15
80
26 - 30
yes
Hypancistrus sp. "L 475"

 
Brazil
Rio Nhamundá = rio Jamundá
(Amazonas (BRA), Pará (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "L 475"
14
100
26 - 30
in Japan
Hypancistrus sp. "L 489"

 
Brazil
Rio Jatapu
(Amazonas (BRA), Roraima)
15
100
26 - 30
unknown
Hypancistrus sp. "L 499"

 
Brazil
Rio Padauari
(Amazonas (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "L 499"
15
80
26 - 30
fb
Hypancistrus sp. "L 500"

 
Brazil
Rio Uatumã
(Pará (BRA))
10
80
26 - 30
unknown
Hypancistrus sp. "L 518"

 
Brazil
Rio Tapajós
(Pará (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. "L 518"
8
60
26 - 30
ja
Hypancistrus vandragti (L 280)
Micracanthicus vandragti (L 280)
Lujan & Armbruster, 2011
 
Venezuela
Río Ventuari
(Amazonas)
Hypancistrus vandragti (L 280)
7
60
25 - 29
fb
Hypancistrus yudja (L 174)
Sousa, Sousa, Ribeiro, Sabaj, Zuanon & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2025
 
Brazil
rio Xingu zwischen Altamira und Belo Monte - Volta Grande
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: critical endangered
Hypancistrus yudja (L 174)
8
60
26 - 30
multiple
Hypancistrus zebra (L 46)
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1991
 
Brazil
Rio Xingu, stromabwärts von Altamira bis Belo Monte
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: critical endangered
Hypancistrus zebra (L 46)
9
60
26 - 30
multiple
Hypancistrus zebra (L 98)
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1991
 
Brazil
Rio Xingu, flussabwärts von Altamira
(Pará (BRA))
IUCN: critical endangered
Hypancistrus zebra (L 98)
9
60
26 - 30
multiple
Hypancistrus sp. aff. zebra "L 173"

 
Brazil
Rio Xingu
(Pará (BRA))
Hypancistrus sp. aff. zebra "L 173"
9
60
26 - 30
multiple
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Tom Rudolph
3
Doreen
4, 6
Rare Aquatics
5, 23, 24
Ingo Seidel
9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29, 31, 32, 42, 47, 48, 52
Hernando Gil
11
Mark Sabaj Pérez (CC BY-NC 3.0)
12
Milton Tan (CC BY 4.0)
14
Mimbon aquarium Köln
25
Saul Paredes (Unungy’s Imports)
26, 57
F. Guder
27
Enrico Richter
30, 37
Patrick Stopinski
33
Hans-Georg Evers
38
Deister-Aquaristik
39, 40, 43
Reiner Fuchs
41, 54
Christopher Mai
44
Chris
45
T. Pfeiffer
46
Michał Marcinkiewicz
50
Nick Ridout
51
Aquarium Glaser GmbH
53
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