Description

Hisonotus iota differs from its congeners, except from Hisonotus hungy, by the lower lateral plate count 20–22 (mode 21) vs. 22–29 lateral plates, and by the lower vertebral count 25–26 vs. 27–32 vertebrae. It differs from Hisonotus hungy by having an infraorbital canal entering the infraorbital series via the compound pterotic vs. infraorbital canal entering the infraorbital series via the sphenotic (Ref. 80996).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Loricariidae

Genus: Hisonotus

Species: Hisonotus iota Carvalho & Reis, 2009

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)

Habitat

benthopelagic