Hypancistrus zebra Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1991
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Hypancistrus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Isbrücker & Nijssen.
Etymology: Hypancistrus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Isbrücker & Nijssen.
Taxonomic Remarks
12S and 16S mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences used in a molecular phylogeny of Loricariidae by Montoya-Burgos et al. (1998: figs. 3 & 6).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical; 23°C - 26°C (Ref. 12468)
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
South America: Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 111518); max. published weight: 3.99 g (Ref. 111518)
Max length : 7.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 111518); max. published weight: 3.99 g (Ref. 111518)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 4.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Eggs are deposited in caves. Male intensively tends the clutch.
Main reference
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Isbrucker, I.J.H. and H. Nijssen, 1991. Hypancistrus zebra, a new genus and species of uniquely pigmented ancistrine loricariid fish from the Rio Xingu, Brazil (Pisces: Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 1(4):345-350. (Ref. 26754)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Critically Endangered (CR) (A3c); Date assessed: 07 November 2018
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Internet sources
AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | Public aquariums | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.01259 (0.00697 - 0.02274), b=2.93 (2.78 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
| 0 | |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec = 15). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (16 of 100). 🛈 |
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Price category (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown. |