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Hypostomus laplatae (Eigenmann, 1907)

Description

Common Names

  • Catfish , English , Uruguay
  • La Plata pleco , English , Uruguay
  • 似康氏吸口鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 似康氏吸口鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 带纹下口鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 帶紋下口鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 拉氏下口鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 拉氏下口鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Vieja , Spanish , Argentina
  • Vieja de agua , Spanish , Uruguay

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Siluriformes

    Family: Loricariidae

    Genus: Hypostomus

    Species: Hypostomus laplatae (Eigenmann, 1907)

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

    Biology

    Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Specimens obtained from two rivers, primarily sandy substrates and found in oxygenated waters (5.4-7.4 mg/l) with moderate current.; water turbidity 260-392 NTU, conductivity 543 -2,435 μS/cm, pH 7.8-8.1,and temperature 15.3 - 20.4°C (Ref. 121236).

    Habitat

    demersal