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Hypostomus micromaculatus Boeseman, 1968

Image contributors to this species:

Karsten Schönherr (2) Suramerica Fish (1) Oliver Lucanus (1) Jorge Garcia (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. 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 micromaculatus: From the Greek, mikros = small; maculatus; spotted.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Upper and middle Suriname River basin. Type Locality: Mamadam (falls), Surinam River, Surinam.

Size:

20.0cm. (8ins)

Temp:

24-28°c (75-83°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

IUCN Red List

The species is known from the upper and middle Suriname river basin. It has a relatively restricted distribution with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 7,814 km2. Although dam impacts are known in the historical distribution, it is unclear whether such impacts have negatively affected the species or not. Two locations are counted based on the threat of damming. Therefore, this species is assessed as Near Threatened B1a pending more detailed surveys in the area of the Brokopondo reservoir in order to decide whether such impacts have reduced the extent and quality of the distribution of this species (IUCN 2023).

Reference:

Ballen, G.A. 2023. Hypostomus micromaculatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023.
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. 2015. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 10/2015 ).
Seidel, I. 2008. Back to Nature guide to L-catfishes, Ettlingen, Germany 208 p.

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Hypostomus micromaculatus

Hypostomus micromaculatus
From Gran Rio, Suriname

Hypostomus micromaculatus

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