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Hypostomus latirostris (Regan, 1904)

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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 latirostris: latus (L.), wide; rostris, Neo-Latin scientific adjective of rostrum (L.), snout, referring to its “broad, rounded” snout. Remarks: Hypostomus latirostris is distributed in the upper Paraguay River basin, in Brazil. Although there is the possibility that it is a complex of species, H. latirostris was evaluated as a single specific entity that, due to its wide distribution, abundance and frequency, was categorised as Least Concern (LC). However, taxonomic research is needed to clarify the real situation of the species (IUCN 2022).

Common Name:

Cascarudo

Synonyms:

Plecostomus latirostris

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

Brazil: Rio Cuiabá drainage, upper Paraguay River basin. Type locality: River Jungada, Matto Grosso ... and from Goyaz [Brazil].

Size:

26.0cm. (10¼ins) TL

Temp:

22-25°c (71-77°f.)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

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. 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (25/03/2024).
www.gbif.org/species/5202136.
Hypostomus latirostris (Regan, 1904) collected in Brazil by UFMS (licensed under creativecommons.org/)
Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio). 2022. Hypostomus latirostris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.

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Hypostomus latirostris

Hypostomus latirostris
Dorsal view

Hypostomus latirostris
Ventral view

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