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Hypostomus isbrueckeri Reis, Weber & Malabarba, 1990

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Erlend D. Bertelsen (1) aleduarte (1) Freshwater Fish from Uruguay 2nd. edition (1) Zierfisch Zentrum Austria (1)

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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. Description: Mature males of H. isbrueckeri have white to yellow seams to the distal margins of the caudal fin. Head covered with dermal ossifications dorsally, except for a naked area on snout tip, oval in shape. Dorsal margin of orbit not or very slightly elevated, continuing in a very inconspicuous ridge on posttemporal plate. Usually three scutes bordering posterior margin of supraoccipital; these scutes sometimes fragmented in four or five small scutelets. Body very low; dorsal profile gently descending from origin of dorsal fin to end of caudal peduncle. Caudal peduncle roughly ovate in cross-section; slightly flattened ventrally. Dorsal scutes between end of dorsal fin base and adipose fin spine flat in their dorsal portions; those closer to dorsal fin sometimes with a central area unprovided of odontodes. Aquarium Care: As with most of this genus, will do well in a larger aquarium, 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 of isbrueckeri: In honour of the noted Ichthyologist Dr. Isaäc J. H. Isbrücker.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Middle and upper Uruguay River basin. Type locality: Rio Conceição, Ijui, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Size:

30.0cm. (12ins)

Temp:

20-24°c (67-75°f.)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

Reference:

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2017. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, (10/2018).
Loureiro M, González-Bergonzoni I, Teixeira de Mello F. 2023. Freshwater Fishes of Uruguay. Second edition. Vertebrate Zoology Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences, University of the Republic.
Reis, Roberto E.; Weber, Claude &Malabarba, Luiz R., 1990 "Review of the Genus Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 from Southern Brazil, with descriptions of three new species (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Revue Suisse de Zoologie, Vol. 97 Fas: 3-4, P. 752).
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Hypostomus isbrueckeri

Hypostomus isbrueckeri
Sección 11, Durazno, Uruguay

Hypostomus isbrueckeri

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