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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Exastilithoxus: Greek, exastis, -ios = yarn, thread, that is untied from a texture (weave) + Greek, lithos = stone + Greek, oxys = sharpen (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Jacobus Johannes Hoedeman (1917–1982) was a Dutch ichthyologist and aquarist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Isbrücker & Nijssen.
Issue
No redescription.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Maurauiá River in the upper Negro River drainage, Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36713)
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Fisch-Muller, S., 2003. Loricariidae-Ancistrinae (Armored catfishes). p. 373-400. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36713)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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