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Hypostomus aspilogaster (Cope, 1894)

Image contributors to this species:

Peter Petersen (2) Eduardo Luis Beltrocco (1)

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Relevant Information:

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: One of the smallest in this genera and would make a good aquarium habitant in a large aquarium. 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 good quality flake. Etymology: The specific name aspilogaster: áspilos, spotless; gast, belly or stomach, referring to unspotted belly compared with spotted belly of the similar Plecostomus limosus (= H. commersoni). Remarks: Redescribed by Reis et al. (1990: 733).

Common Name:

Jacuhy Pleco

Synonyms:

Plecostomus aspilogaster

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Uruguay River basin and Laguna dos Patos drainage, Brazil. Type locality: From the Jacuhy, Rio Grande do Sul.

Size:

26.5cm. (10¾ins)

Temp:

16-26°c (59-79°f.)

p.H.

6.5-7.5.

IUCN Red List

Despite the little information available on this species, it has a wide range and no apparent threats. 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. 2020. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 12/2020 ).
Petersen P. amazonas.dk/ Feb. 2021.
Salvador, G.N. 2023. Hypostomus aspilogaster. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.
www.inaturalist.org

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Hypostomus aspilogaster
Young specimen around 13cm

Hypostomus aspilogaster
Location-Tacuarembó Department, Uruguay

Hypostomus aspilogaster
Adult-La Capital, Santa Fe, Argentina

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