| Family: |
Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypostominae |
| Max. size: |
36.2 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 510.0 g |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
South America: Rio Amazonas in Peru, Ecuador and Brazil, and the upper Rio Negro drainage and the upper Rio Orinoco drainage in Venezuela. |
| Diagnosis: |
Distinguished from all other members of Hypostomus cochliodon group except H. sculpodon by having a medium-sized buccal papilla, intermediately developed teeth and a large patch of odontodes on the opercle. Differs from H. sculpodon by its dark brown color with closely spaced spots, by having a greater dorsal-anal length to anal-fin length ratio (average=111.1%, 92.5-132.6% vs. average=79.2%, 69.6-89.7%) and almost completely by having a larger interorbital width/HL ratio (average=49.9, 44.1-55.6% vs. average=51.4%, 38.5-45.4%) (Ref. 50589). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 30 October 2020 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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