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Hypostomus ternetzi (Boulenger, 1895)

Image contributors to this species:

Freshwater Fish from Uruguay 2nd. edition (1) Siem Preverde (1) Demian Lescano (1)

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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: Will need a good sized aquarium of 5ft (150cm.) or over due to their final adult size. As this genus in the main are messy eaters, good water quality and filtration would need to be adhered to. Diet: Will eat all manner of foods in the aquarium, vegetable, tablet, pellet foods and a good quality flake food. Etymology: In honour of ichthyologist and naturalist Carl Ternetz (1870-1928), who collected type.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Plecostomus ternetzi

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Middle Paraná system, Paraguay and Uruguay River basins (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay). Type locality: Paraguay.

Size:

34.5cm. (13¾ins)

Temp:

20-25°c (67-77°f.)

p.H.

7.0-8.5.

Reference:

ArgentiNat 2023
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2023. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version.
Loureiro M, González-Bergonzoni I, Teixeira de Mello F. 2023. Freshwater Fishes of Uruguay. Second edition. Vertebrate Zoology Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences, University of the Republic.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Hypostomus ternetzi

Hypostomus ternetzi
Diamante, Entre Ríos, Argentina

Hypostomus ternetzi
Dorsal head view-Sarmiento, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

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