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Hypostomus roseopunctatus Reis, Weber & Malabarba, 1990

Image contributors to this species:

Ian Fuller (1) Peter Petersen (1) aleduarte (2)

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Aquarium Care: Peaceful and with being a smaller species of Hypostomus, although territorial, more than one species to a large tank would be okay. 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. Grows large so a spacious aquarium of 6ft (180cm) or over would need to be catered for. As this genus in the main are messy eaters, good water quality and filtration would need to be adhered to. Lower water temperatures are beneficial to this species. 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 roseopunctatus: roseus (L.), rose-coloured or pink; punctatus (L.), dotted or spotted, referring to its colour pattern.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: La Plata system: Uruguay basin. Type locality: Rio Pelotas at road from Esmeralda to Anita Garibaldi, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Size:

23.0cm. (9ins)

Temp:

18-25°c (63-77°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

IUCN Red List

Despite the little information available on this species, it has a wide range and no apparent threats. Therefore, it is assessed as Least Concern (IUCN 2023)

Reference:

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. 2016. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 01/2016 ).
iNaturalist. 2021.
Salvador, G.N. 2023. Hypostomus roseopunctatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023.
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 roseopunctatus

Hypostomus roseopunctatus
Artigas, Uruguay

Hypostomus roseopunctatus
Dorsal view-Sección 11, Durazno, Uruguay

Hypostomus roseopunctatus
Ventral view-Sección 11, Durazno, Uruguay

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