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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Hypostomus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335); heraldoi: Named for Heraldo Antônio Britski, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, for his extensive contributions to the knowledge of neotropical fish diversity..

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Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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South America: Rio Corumbá and rio Grande drainages of the upper rio Paraná basin in Brazil.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 79067)

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Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 4. Differs from all other species of the genus, except Hypostomus albopunctatus, by having the pectoral fin spine length equal to or smaller than the pelvic-fin spine. Can be differentiated from Hypostomus albopunctatus by the presence of roundish dark spots on body and fins (vs. pale), and generally having more premaxillary, 39-59 per ramus (Ref. 79067).

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Occurs in turbid water and rocky substrate with sand (Ref. 79067). Syntopic with Hypostomus ancistroides, Hypostomus iheringii, Hypostomus margaritifer, and Hypostomus regani (Ref. 79067).

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Zawadzki, C.H., C. Weber and C.S. Pavanelli, 2008. Two new species of Hypostomus Lacépède (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Central Brazil. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6(3):403-412. (Ref. 79067)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 November 2018

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01585 (0.00723 - 0.03476), b=2.96 (2.79 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (19 of 100).

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