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Hypostomus luteus (Godoy, 1980)

Image contributors to this species:

Allan James (5) Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (1) Erlend D. Bertelsen (1) Pier Aquatics (1)

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They are a very variable species, colour wise and as they they get older they can change colour into adulthood, especially the yellowing in the fins. Aquarium Care: Will need a good sized aquarium of 5ft (150cm.) or over due to their final adult size. 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 luteus: Latin for yellow, referring to its yellow-orange colour in life.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Plecostomus luteus

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Brazil, upper Uruguay River basin. Type locality: Rio Pelotas, Volta Grande 2, Marcelino Ramos, RS Brazil. The Holotype is in the personal collection of M. Godoy.

Size:

35.0cm. (14ins)

Temp:

18-24°c (63-75°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

IUCN Red List

Hypostomus luteus is endemic to Brazil, occurring in the Uruguay, Canoas, Pelotas, Forquilha, Passo Fundo, Ijuí, and Jaguari rivers, in the upper Uruguay River basin. The species is widely distributed, frequent, but not very abundant. As no significant threats to its population have been detected, Hypostomus luteus has been categorised as Least Concern (LC), (IUCN 2022).

Reference:

Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). 2022. Hypostomus luteus. 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.
Seidel, I. 2008. Back to Nature guide to L-catfishes, Ettlingen, Germany 208 p.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Hypostomus luteus

Hypostomus luteus
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Hypostomus luteus

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