Description

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Vertebrae: 27. This species is distinguished from all congeners by having an elongated spot of black melanophores along the caudal-fin branched rays, not distinctly connected to the lanceolate plates at the base of the fin. The spot is extended over a larger number of lower-lobe rays than upper-lobe rays and along one-half to more than two-thirds of the ray length (Ref. 84367).

Common Names

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下口蜻鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

下口蜻鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

双叶下口蜻鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

雙葉下口蜻鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Loricariidae

Genus: Hypoptopoma

Species: Hypoptopoma thoracatum Günther, 1868

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Feeds on algae (Ref. 13371).

Habitat

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demersal