Overview
Family : Armored catfishes ;
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Guarani:
Guaimingu, Guaimingué, Pir, Pirá tatu
Common Names in Portuguese:
Cascudo
Common Names in Spanish:
cascarudo
Description
Habitat
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Order:
Siluriformes
()
- Genus:
Hypostomus
()
- Lacepède, 1803
- Specific name:
boulengeri
- Scientific name: - Hypostomus boulengeri (Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903)
- Specific name:
boulengeri
- Genus:
Hypostomus
(
- Order:
Siluriformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Hypostomus boulengeri • Hypostomus luetkeni (Steindachner • Plecostomus boulengeri • Plecostomus boulengeri Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903 • Plecostomus boulengeri Eigenmann & Kennedy • Plecostomus luetkeni Steindachner
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 19-Jan-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Hypostomus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 23 species and subspecies in this genus:
H. alatus (Catfish) · H. aspilogaster (Catfish) · H. auroguttatus (Catfish) · H. barbatus (Bearded Catfish) · H. borellii (Catfish) · H. cirrhosus (Jumbie Teta) · H. commersoni (Catfish) · H. commersonii (Catfish) · H. gymnorhynchus (Wara Wara) · H. laplatae (Catfish) · H. luteomaculatus (Catfish) · H. micromaculatus (Catfish) · H. multiradiatus (Long-Fin Armored Catfish) · H. panamensis (Panama Suckermouth) · H. plecostomus (Suckermouth Catfish) · H. punctatus (Suckermouthed Catfish) · H. regani (Catfish) · H. robini (Teta) · H. robinii (Teta) · H. uruguayensis (Catfish) · H. ventromaculatus (Hyphen Barb) · H. vicinus (Graham's Stonebasher) · H. watwata (Armored Catfish)
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Further Reading
- Weber, C. (2003). Loricariidae - Hypostominae (Armored catfishes). p. 351-372. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Fisch-Muller, Sonia (from FishBase).
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 129419
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-118320
- Fishbase Species ID: 48888
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 680149
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 113650
