Description

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 6; Vertebrae: 27. Diagnosis: Hisonotus vespuccii differs from the congeners by having a unique coloration pattern of caudal fin with 1 black spot extending from its origin to the ventral lobe and 2 dark spots at the end of the lobe`s rays and the following combinationof character states (none is unique): odontodes forming longitudinally aligned rows (1 odontode after the other, but not necessarily forming parallel series) on head and trunk; a functional V-shaped spinelet; the presence of a single rostral plate at tip of the snout; the lack of contrasting dark geometric spots on the anterodorsal region of the body; a low caudal peduncle (depth 6–8% SL); few lateral median plates (21–23); and numerous premaxillary and dentary teeth (13–21 and 11–21, respectively) (Ref. 114934).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Loricariidae

Genus: Hisonotus

Species: Hisonotus vespuccii Roxo, Silva & Oliveira, 2015

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Associated with marginal vegetation in the rio São Francisco and in three of its tributaries, rio das Velhas, rio Paraopeba and rio Formoso; seems to be abundant through all rio São Francisco basin (Ref. 114934).

Habitat

demersal