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Hypostomus subcarinatus Castelnau, 1855

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Zawadzki CH, et al 2019 (3)

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Description: Hypostomus subcarinatus is distinguished from all congeners by having a blue-tan dorsal fin in living specimens (vs. not having a blue-tan dorsal fin). Additionally, H. subcarinatus is diagnosed from the species of the H. cochliodon group by having slender viliform bicuspid teeth (vs. robust spoon-shaped teeth) and by having dentaries angled to each other more than 90 degrees (vs. dentaries angled from 80 to 90 degrees); from the remaining congeners except H. affinis, H. ancistroides, H. argus, H. aspilogaster, H. borellii, H. boulengeri, H. carinatus, H. careopinnatus, H. commersoni, H. corantijni, H. crassicauda, H. delimai, H. dlouhyi, H. faveolus, H. formosae, H. gymnorhynchus, H. hemiurus, H. hoplonites, H. interruptus, H. micromaculatus, H. niceforoi, H. nigrolineatus, H. pantherinus, H. paucimaculatus, H. piratatu, H. plecostomus, H. punctatus, H. pusarum, H. rhantos, H. scabriceps, H. seminudus, H. tapijara, H. velhochico and H. watwata, by having moderate keels along the five lateral series of plates (vs. lacking keels); from the species above by having a more slender and elongate body, what can be somewhat depicted by the anal-fin unbranched ray length longer than head depth (vs. anal-fin unbranched ray length shorter than head depth) (Zawadzki CH, et al 2019).

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Coastal drainages of eastern Brazil, possibly including São Francisco River basin. Type locality: des rivières de la province des Mines [Brazil].

Size:

31.0cm. TL. (12½ins)

Temp:

24-27°c (75-81°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. 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 10/2022 ).
Zawadzki CH, Penido IdS, de Oliveira JC, Pessali TC (2019) Rediscovery and redescription of the endangered Hypostomus subcarinatus Castelnau, 1855 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio São Francisco basin in Brazil. PLoS ONE 14(3).

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Hypostomus subcarinatus
Lagoa da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Hypostomus subcarinatus
Location-the Lagoa da Pampulha, at downtown of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

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