You can sponsor this page

Hypostomus leucophaeus Zanata & Pitanga, 2016

Upload your photos and videos
 Pictures | Google image
Image of Hypostomus leucophaeus
No image available for this species;
drawing shows typical species in Loricariidae.

Brazil country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from rio Itapicuru basin, a drainage located in the northern portion of the Bahia State. Captured mainly in the upper and lower portions of the basin. Anthropic activities such as construction of water reservoirs for cattle and human use have impacted most of the sampling areas (Ref. 110236).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Zanata, A.M. and B.R. Pitanga, 2016
National Database:

Common names from other countries

... 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);  leucophaeus: From the Latin leucophaeus, meaning ash-colored, dun in allusion to the faint spotted pattern and overall light brown to grayish body coloration of the species..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
Fatal error: Uncaught mysqli_sql_exception: Table 'fbapp.scientificname' doesn't exist in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2366 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php(2366): mysqli->query() #1 /var/www/html/country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php(1228): checkPointMApDisplay() #2 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2366