Hypoptopoma muzuspi
Hypoptopoma muzuspi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Genus: | Hypoptopoma |
Species: | H. muzuspi
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Binomial name | |
Hypoptopoma muzuspi & Schaefer, 2010
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Hypoptopoma muzuspi is a species of catfish of the family Loricariidae.
This catfish reaches a maximum length of 3.6 centimetres (1.4 in) SL. It is demersal, being found in fresh water in the tropics.
Hypoptopoma muzuspi is native to South America, occurring in Rio Tocantins basin; known only from Rio Agua Fria, in the drainage of Rio Araguaia which is the main tributary of Rio Tocantins.
Interactions with humans[]
Hypoptopoma muzuspi is harmless to humans.
References[]
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Hypoptopoma muzuspi" in FishBase. August 2014 version.
- Aquino, A.E. and S.A. Schaefer, 2010. Systematics of the genus Hypoptopoma Günther, 1868 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae). Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 336:1-110.
Categories:
- Hypoptopomatini
- Catfish of South America
- Fish of Bolivia
- Fish of Brazil
- Taxa named by Adriana Elbia Aquino
- Taxa named by Scott Allen Schaefer
- Fish described in 2010
- Loricariidae stubs