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Hypostomus margaritifer (Regan, 1908)

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Danny Blundell (1) Allan James (4) Hans-Georg Evers (1) Erlend D. Bertelsen (1)

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Aquarium Care: Peaceful but as it is territorial only keep one species to a tank. Tank layout should have bogwood and tough plants as if the plants are of a soft variety they will eat them if not given an adequate vegetable diet. As it natural habitats are in the south east of Brazil it will benefit from lower water temperatures. Due to its large adult size a tank of 6ft (180cm) or over is advisable. Diet: Algae, and vegetable foods such as cucumber and courgette (zucchini). Will also take frozen foods as a treat and sinking tablet foods. Etymology: The specific name margaritifer: margarita (L.), pearl; -ifer, from fero (L.), to have or bear, i.e., pearly, presumably referring to “rounded pale spots” scattered on head and body.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Plecostomus margaritifer, Hypostomus butantanis, Plecostomus margaritifer butantanis

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Brazil, Paraguay, Upper and middle Paraná River basin. Type locality: Rio Piracicaba, San Paulo, Brazil.

Size:

40.0cm. (16ins)

Temp:

18-25°c (63-77°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

IUCN Red List

Hypostomus margaritifer is widely distributed in the upper and middle Paraná River basin, where it is frequent and abundant. As no significant threats to its population have been detected, Hypostomus margaritifer has been listed as Least Concern (LC), (IUCN 2022).

Reference:

Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). 2022. Hypostomus margaritifer. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.
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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