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Hypoptopoma guianense Boeseman, 1974 |
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Karsten Schönherr (1) Mark Henry Sabaj (3) |
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Description: Vertebrae: 27. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the presence of an elongated dark spot along the median caudal-fin branched rays, involving the lanceolate plates at the base of the fin; this spot is typically extended over an equal number of branched rays of both the upper and lower lobes and along more than two thirds of the ray length. Aquarium Care: Will not bother other fish in the aquarium. They like to hang on to thin stalks of plants so they can see around it with their laterally located eyes. Provide shaded hiding areas in the tank with rocks or cave-like structures. Diet: Feed an all round diet but prefers a vegetable diet such as algae, spirulina tablets and cucumber/courgette. |
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None |
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None |
Family: |
Loricariidae |
Distribution: |
South America: Nickerie River basin, Suriname. Type locality: Left tributary of the Nickerie River, a few km upstream from the Stondansi Falls, Surinam. |
Size: |
6.0cm. (2½ins) |
Temp: |
18-26°c (63-79°f.) |
p.H. |
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6.0-7.0. |
Reference: |
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. |
Family: Loricariidae Back to Ident-A-Cat Click on Thumbnails |
 Hypoptopoma
guianense |
Hypoptopoma guianense |
Hypoptopoma guianenseDorsal view |
 Hypoptopoma
guianenseVentral view |
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