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Hypostomus jaguribensis (Fowler, 1915)

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Hans-Georg Evers (4) Hudson Crizanto Gonçalves (1)

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Relevant Information:

The Hypostomus genus has 7 soft rays to the dorsal fin whereas the similar looking Pterygoplichthys species have 10 soft dorsal fin rays. Aquarium Care: As with most of this genus, will do well in a larger aquarium, although this is one of the smaller species in the genera, and the aquarium well filtered. Water parameters can be quite diverse for this genera. Diet: Omnivore with a liking for green, tablet and frozen foods.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Plecostomus jaguribensis

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

Brazil: Jaguaribe River basin, Brazil.Type locality: Rio Jaguaribé at Barro Alto, Brazil.

Size:

12.0cm. (4¾ins)

Temp:

24-27°c (75-81°f.)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

Reference:

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.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version.

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Hypostomus jaguribensis

Hypostomus jaguribensis
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Hypostomus jaguribensis

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