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Hypostomus borellii (Boulenger, 1897)

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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: As with most of this genus, will do well in a larger aquarium, although this is one of the smaller species in the genera, and the aquarium 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 borellii: In honour of Dr. Borell, the collector.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Plecostomus borellii

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Upper and middle Pilcomayo River basin.. Type locality: Mission de San Francisco, Pilcomayo River, Bolivia.

Size:

16.0cm. (6¼ins)

Temp:

22-25°c (71-77°f.)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

IUCN Red List

This species occurs in Rio Lipeo in Argentina and Rio Pilcomayo in Bolivia. It has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 13,354 km2. The distribution is located in an area that catches water from the mountainous region upstream, where sediment load is a common problem along the basin, and this is the major threat to this species. There are two locations based on this threat. At present, it is unknown as to whether this is causing continuing declines. Therefore, this species is assessed as Near Threatened (IUCN 2023).

Reference:

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. 2011. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version.
Vera-Alcaraz, H.S. 2023. Hypostomus borellii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023.

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Hypostomus borellii

Hypostomus borellii

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