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Hypostomus robinii Valenciennes, 1840

Description

Common Names

  • Teta , English , Trinidad Tobago
  • 罗氏下口鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 羅氏下口鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Siluriformes

    Family: Loricariidae

    Genus: Hypostomus

    Species: Hypostomus robinii Valenciennes, 1840

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

    Biology

    Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Inhabits clear fast flowing streams and feeds on periphyton (Ref. 11225).

    Habitat

    demersal