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Hypostomus weberi Carvalho, Lima & Zawadzki, 2010 |
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Jorge Garcia (3) |
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Abstract: Hypostomus weberi is described from the middle Rio Negro and can be distinguished from all remaining Hypostomus species belonging to the Hypostomus cochliodon group by possessing a unique colour pattern consisting in large, rounded, widelyspaced black spots over body and fins (Carvalho et. al.). Habitat: Specimens of Hypostomus weberi were reported as being collected both at rapids (''pedral'') and flooded forest (''igapó'') (Carvalho et. al.). Diet: Feeds on detritus. Etymology: weberi; named for Claude Weber, from the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Génève, for his contributions to the knowledge of the genus Hypostomus. |
Common Name: |
L167 |
Synonyms: |
None |
Family: |
Loricariidae |
Distribution: |
South America: Middle Rio Negro in Brazil. One record from uncertain locality, Río Cicipa, possibly corresponds to Rio Siapa, a tributary of the Río Casiquiare in Venezuela. |
Size: |
17.5cm. (7ins) |
Temp: |
22-26°c (71-77°f.) |
p.H. |
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6.0-7.0. |
Reference: |
Carvalho, P.H., F.C.T.
Lima and C.H. Zawadzki, 2010. Two new species
of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes:
Loricariidae) from the Rio Negro basin in Brazil.
Neotrop. Ichthyol. 8(1):39-48. |
Family: Loricariidae Back to Ident-A-Cat Click on Thumbnails |
Hypostomus weberi |
 Hypostomus
weberiHead view |
 Hypostomus
weberi |
 Hypostomus
weberiDorsal view |
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