Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 6. Diagnosed from all other congeners except Hypostomus heraldoi by the pelvic-fin unbranched ray length equal to or greater than pectoral-fin unbranched ray (vs. pelvic-fin unbranched ray shorter than pectoral-fin unbranched ray). Differs from H. heraldoi by having pale dots over body and fins (vs. dark dots over body and fins) (Ref. 91066).

Common Names

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Valkotäpläpleko , Finnish , Finland

Cascudo , Portuguese , Argentina

Cascudo ferro , Portuguese , Brazil

Cascudo , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Cascudo preto , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Vieja , Spanish , Argentina

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Loricariidae

Genus: Hypostomus

Species: Hypostomus albopunctatus (Regan, 1908)

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)

Habitat

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demersal