Description

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Common Names

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馬拉開波湖半鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

马拉开波湖半鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Armadillo , Spanish , Colombia

Corroncho , Spanish , Colombia

Peñero , Spanish , Colombia

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Loricariidae

Genus: Hypostomus

Species: Hypostomus maracaiboensis (Schultz, 1944)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Feeds on algae and detritus (Ref. 26543).

Habitat

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demersal