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Siluriformes (Catfishes) >
Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Hypostomus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Lütken.
Issue
Type locality restricted by Lütken (1875:140, in labels: Lagoa Santa or Ribeirao do Mato). MNHN 9573 [ex ZMUC], given as "paratype" in Bertin & Estève (1950:71), doesn't belong to Hypostomus.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce demersale. Tropical
South America: São Francisco River basin.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.7 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 130067); peso massimo pubblicato: 312.00 g (Ref. 130067)
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Burgess, W.E., 1989. An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey (USA). 784 p. (Ref. 6868)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01023 (0.00450 - 0.02327), b=3.04 (2.84 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (18 of 100).