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Hypostomus ancistroides (Ihering, 1911)

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Common names: Cascudo bugio, Cascudo pintado
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Occurs in the Pardo River, upper Paraná River basin, southeastern Brazil (Ref. 27745). Recorded from Córrego Barreiro (Ref. 53011). Type locality: Rio Tatuhy and Rio Piracicaba, Est. de S. Paulo, Brazil (Ref. 26282, 6868).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Weber, C., 2003
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Common names from other countries

Väkätäpläpleko, Cascudo bugio, Cascudo pintado, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Hypostomus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal.   Tropical

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