Biology:Hypostominae

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Short description: Subfamily of fishes

Hypostominae
Pterygoplichthys sp.
Scientific classification e
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Kner, 1853
Tribes

Hypostomini
Pterygoplichthyini
Rhinelepini

The Hypostominae are a subfamily of catfishes of the family Loricariidae. Most members are restricted to tropical and subtropical South America, but there are also several species (in genera Ancistrus, Chaetostoma, Lasiancistrus, Leptoancistrus and Hemiancistrus) in southern Central America. Hypostomus plecostomus, which is popular in the aquarium trade, has been introduced to several regions far from its native range.

Studies conducted with representatives of some genera of Hypostominae showed, within this group, the diploid number ranges from 2n = 52 to 2n = 80. However, the supposed wide karyotypic diversity the family Loricariidae or the subfamily Hypostominae would present is almost exclusively restricted to the genus Hypostomus, and the species from the other genera had a conserved diploid number.[1]

Taxonomy

Baryancistrus xanthellus
Panaque nigrolineatus

References

  1. Alves, Anderson Luís; Oliveira, Claudio; Foresti (2005). "Comparative cytogenetic analysis of eleven species of subfamilies Neoplecostominae and Hypostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)". Genetica 124 (2–3): 127–136. doi:10.1007/s10709-004-7561-4. PMID 16134327. 
  2. Zawadzki, C.H.; Bifi, A.G.; Mariotto, S. (2016). "Araichthys loro, a new genus and species of suckermouth armored catfish from the upper rio Tapajós basin, Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 27 (4): 361–372. http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/pdf/ief27_4_10.pdf. 
  3. Lujan, Nathan K.; Cramer, Christian A.; Covain, Raphael; Fisch-Muller, Sonia; López-Fernández, Hernán (2017). "Multilocus molecular phylogeny of the ornamental wood-eating catfishes (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Panaqolus and Panaque) reveals undescribed diversity and parapatric clades". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 109: 321–336. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.040. PMID 28065866. 
  4. Fisch-Muller, Sonia & Mol, Jan & Covain, Raphael. (2018). An integrative framework to reevaluate the Neotropical catfish genus Guyanancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with particular emphasis on the Guyanancistrus brevispinis complex. PLOS ONE. 13. e0189789. 10.1371/journal.pone.0189789.

Wikidata ☰ Q138533 entry