Biology:Hypostomus subcarinatus

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Short description: Species of catfish

Hypostomus subcarinatus
Hypostomus subcarinatus Castelnau.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Hypostomus
Species:
H. subcarinatus
Binomial name
Hypostomus subcarinatus
(Castelnau, 1855)

Hypostomus subcarinatus is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the coastal drainage basins of eastern Brazil , including the São Francisco River basin. The species reaches 31 cm (12.2 inches) in total length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.[1] Although originally described in 1855, no verifiable scientific record of the species was made until a 2014 survey of an urban lake in downtown Belo Horizonte in the state of Minas Gerais collected seven specimens that were later recognized as Hypostomus subcarinatus, leading to a redescription of the species in 2019.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds (2022). "Hypostomus subcarinatus". https://www.fishbase.se/summary/48958. 
  2. Zawadzki, C. H., Penido, I. S., de Oliveira, J. C., & Pessali, T. C. (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), e0207328. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207328

Wikidata ☰ Q6404321 entry