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Hypostomus niceforoi (Fowler, 1943)

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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, with the aquarium well filtered. Water parameters can be quite diverse for this genera. Diet: Omnivore with a liking for green, tablet and frozen foods. Remarks: H. niceforoi was described by Fowler (1943), who used them to honour Brother Nicéforo Maria. Brother Nicéforo was then at the La Salle Institute in Bogota, Colombia, and he shipped many Colombian fish specimens to Fowler at Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences in 1931 and 1932.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Upper Japurá River basin, Colombia. Type Locality: Florencia, Río Orteguasa, Colombia.

Size:

13.5cm. (5½ins)

Temp:

23-29°c (73-85°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

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. 2015. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, (03/2016).
Lujan, Nathan, Facebook post and information 2018.
Seidel, I. 2008. Back to Nature guide to L-catfishes, Ettlingen, Germany 208 p.

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Hypostomus niceforoi
Topotype specimen from the Caqueta River in Colombia

Hypostomus niceforoi
Dorsal view - from the Aguarico/Napo drainage in Ecuador

Hypostomus niceforoi
Ventral view - from the Aguarico/Napo drainage in Ecuador

Hypostomus niceforoi
From the Aguarico/Napo drainage in Ecuador

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