Biology:Hypostomus eptingi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Hypostomus |
| Species: | H. eptingi
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| Hypostomus eptingi (Fowler, 1941)
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Hypostomus eptingi is a disputed species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in northeastern Brazil . It reaches 12.2 cm (4.8 inches) SL and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.[1]
In 2017, Telton Pedro A. Ramos (of Paraíba State University), Cláudio H. Zawadzki (of the State University of Maringá), Robson T. Ramos and Heraldo A. Britski found H. eptingi to be a junior synonym of Hypostomus johnii after a redescription of the latter.[2] FishBase follows the aforementioned classification and lists H. eptingi as a synonym of H. johnii (although the associated page for H. eptingi has yet to be deleted as of August 2022), whereas ITIS lists H. eptingi as a valid species.[1][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds (2022). "Hypostomus eptingi". https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Hypostomus-eptingi.html.
- ↑ Ramos, T.P., Zawadzki, C.H., Ramos, R.T., & Britski, H.A. (2017). Redescription of Hypostomus johnii, a senior synonym of Hypostomus eptingi (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), Northeastern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 15.
- ↑ "ITIS - Report: Hypostomus eptingi". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=680165.
Wikidata ☰ Q5542385 entry
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