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Hypostomus alatus Castelnau, 1855

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The Hypostomus genus has 7 soft rays to the dorsal fin whereas the similar looking Pterygoplichthys species have 10 soft dorsal fin rays. Aquarium Care: Will need a good sized aquarium of 5ft (150cm.) or over due to their final adult size. As this genus in the main are messy eaters, good water quality and filtration would need to be adhered to. A lower water temperature is advised for this species. Diet: Will eat all manner of foods in the aquarium, vegetable, tablet, pellet foods and a good quality flake. Etymology: The specific name alatus: Latin for winged, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to the high dorsal fin.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Eastern Brazilian coastal drainage: São Francisco basin: das Velhas drainage and Argentina. Type locality: Rio Sabara, dans la province de Minas Geraës (Brésil).

Size:

29.0cm. (11½ins)

Temp:

22-25°c (71-77°f.)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

IUCN Red List

The species is relatively widespread and is not affected by any significant threats at present; therefore, it is assessed as Least Concern (IUCN 2023).

Reference:

Burgess, W.E., 1989. An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey (USA). 784 p.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2021. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 06/2021 ).
Salvador, G.N. 2023. Hypostomus alatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Hypostomus alatus

Hypostomus alatus
Dorsal view

Hypostomus alatus
Mouth view

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