SCOTCAT.COM

your internet guide to all things catfish

Hypostomus uruguayensis Reis, Weber & Malabarba, 1990

Image contributors to this species:

Freshwater Fish from Uruguay 2nd. edition (1)

ScotCat Sources:

Other Sources:

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: 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: From Uruguay.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Uruguay River basin (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Uruguay). Type locality: Rio Uruguay at “Rancho da Amizade”, São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Size:

34.5cm. (13¾ins)

Temp:

20-25°c (67-77°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

Reference:

Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 1998. Catalog of fishes. Special Publication, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 3 vols. 2905 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. 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.

Family: Loricariidae Back to Ident-A-Cat Click on Thumbnails

Hypostomus uruguayensis

If you would like to contribute to the monthly factsheets with an article, information or photos, please e-mail me. You will of course be credited for your work.

If you would like to donate any denomination of monies to the site just click the above link button. All proceeds will go to running the site and hopefully to keep it going for a few years yet.