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Hypostomus auroguttatus Kner, 1854

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Description: 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 auroguttatus: aureus (L.), golden; guttatus (L.), spotted, referring to irregular yellowish spots on body, sometimes confluent into bands. Remarks: Regarding to the restricted type locality by Steindachner (1881), the status of H. auroguttatus has to be revised, may be a senior synonym of H. luetkeni, and in this case, H. auroguttatus auctorum needs a new name (Zawadzki et al.).

Common Name:

LDA035

Synonyms:

Plecostomus lüetkeni

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Paraíba do Sul River basin, Paraná River drainage (Brazil and Uruguay). Type locality: Not explicitly given, apparently Rio Parahyba, Brazil (Weber, 2003).

Size:

34.0cm. TL (13¾ins)

Temp:

22-25°c (71-77°f.)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

IUCN Red List

Hypostomus auroguttatus is widely distributed, frequent, and abundant. Since no significant threats to its population have been detected, Hypostomus auroguttatus has been listed as Least Concern (IUCN 2022).

Reference:

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.
Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). 2022. Hypostomus auroguttatus. 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.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2026.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 02/2026 ).
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Hypostomus auroguttatus

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