Hypoptopoma
Hypoptopoma | |
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Hypoptopoma inexspectatum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Subfamily: | Hypoptopomatinae |
Tribe: | Hypoptopomatini |
Genus: | Hypoptopoma Günther, 1868 |
Type species | |
Hypoptopoma thoracatum Günther 1868
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Synonyms | |
Hypoptopoma is a genus of armored catfishes native to South America.
Taxonomy[]
The genus was established by Albert C. L. G. Günther in 1868 for his new species Hypoptopoma thoracatum, on the basis of the peculiar, depressed, spatulate formation of the head with the eyes on the lateral edges of the head.[1]
Species[]
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Hypoptopoma baileyi & , 2010
- Hypoptopoma bianale & , 2010
- Hypoptopoma brevirostratum & , 2010
- Hypoptopoma elongatum & , 2010
- , 1974
- Cope, 1878
- Hypoptopoma incognitum & , 2010
- (Holmberg, 1893)
- (Vaillant, 1880)
- Hypoptopoma machadoi & , 2010
- Hypoptopoma muzuspi & , 2010
- Fowler, 1915
- Hypoptopoma spectabile (Eigenmann, 1914)
- Boulenger, 1895
- Hypoptopoma sternoptychum (, 1996)
- Günther, 1868
Distribution[]
Hypoptopoma species inhabit the drainage basins to the east of the Andes, except for river systems draining to the Atlantic between the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil and the Paraná River in Argentina.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Aquino, Adriana E.; Miquelarena, Amalia M. (2001). "Redescription of Hypoptopoma inexspectata (Holmberg, 1883), with Notes on its Anatomy (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (PDF). PHYSIS (Buenos Aires), Secc. B. 58 (134–135): 1–18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2007-06-15.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Hypoptopoma in FishBase. August 2014 version.
Further reading[]
- Aquino, A. E.; Schaefer, S. A. (2010). "Systematics of the genus Hypoptopoma Günther, 1868 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 336: 1–110. doi:10.1206/336.1. S2CID 83679116.
Categories:
- Hypoptopomatini
- Fish of South America
- Catfish genera
- Taxa named by Albert Günther
- Freshwater fish genera
- Loricariidae stubs