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Hypostomus asperatus Castelnau, 1855

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This is a very pretty species with orange colouration in the fins. Aquarium Care: As with most of this genus, will do well in a larger aquarium, with it well filtered. Water parameters can be quite diverse for this genera. Diet: Omnivore with a liking for green, tablet and frozen foods. Etymology: The specific name asperatus: Latin for rough, referring to the small granular scales on head and most of body.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Lower Amazonas system: Tocantins basin. Type locality: de l’Araguay [Brazil].

Size:

23.0cm. (9ins)

Temp:

22-26°c (71-77°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

IUCN Red List

Hypostomus asperatus is known only from its type locality in the Araguaia River basin, and has not been recorded since its description. References to the species in the literature do not specify the locality. There are no records in collections, and knowledge about H. asperatus is limited by the difficulty in taxonomic definition and requires revision. Therefore, there is no information available to assess the conservation status of the species. Thus, Hypostomus asperatus was categorised as Data Deficient (DD), (IUCN 2022).

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.
Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). 2022. Hypostomus asperatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.
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. 2023. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 01/2023 ).

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Hypostomus asperatus

Hypostomus asperatus
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