FB-3057 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3057 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Loricariidae Hypostomus Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758) Acari Acarí Acarí pedral Acari-bodó Armadilho Bode Bode de Igarapé Bodó Cascudo Guacari Guacarí Pirá tatu Vacarí Yau urá Almindelig sugemalle Storhovedet Sugemalle Plecostomus Saugmaulwels Janitor fish Plecostomus Sea hasar Spotted pleco Suckermouth catfish Sucking catfish Surinamintäpläpleko Nizhnerot Cacucho Coroncoro Corroncho Cucha 下口鯰(引進) 下口鲶(引进) 吸口鯰 吸口鲶 Acipenser plecostomus Linnaeus, 1758 Hypostomus guacari Lacepède, 1803 Loricaria flava Shaw, 1804 Plecostomus bicirrosus Gronow, 1854 Plecostomus brasiliensis Bleeker, 1862 Plecostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758) Pterygoplichthys plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758) 1991-05-01 2023-11-14 Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott0 A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. 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Rocha0 Length-weight relationships of four fish species from the Tucurui Lake Conservation Units Mosaic, Tocantins River Basin, Amazon, Brazil. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 37:989-991. (Ref. 126306) FB-GeneralDescr-3057 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2023-11-14 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3057 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution This species inhabits the lower part of rivers still under tide influence, and characterized by a quiet flowing water and muddy substrate, and swamps (Ref. 90186). Feeds on algae and small crustaceans. Is cultured in ponds in Singapore and Hong Kong for the aquarium trade, where it is very popular (Ref. 2060). Weber, C., R. Covain and S. Fisch-Muller 2012 Identity of <i>Hypostomus plecostomus</i> (Linnaeus, 1758), with an overview of <i>Hypostomus</i> species from the Guianas (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Cybium 36(1):195-227. (Ref. 90186) FB-DiagnosticDescr-3057 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-11-15 00:00:00 2023-11-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3057 This species is distinguished by the following characters: differs from species of the H. cochliodon group (H. macushi and H. taphorni in the Guianas) by having viliform teeth (vs. large spoon-shaped teeth); differs from other Guianese species of Hypostomus by having teeth bearing a short roughly rounded crown, with lateral cusp about half the length of the main cusp (vs. an elongated crown, with a small lateral cusp in coppenamensis, corantijni, crassicauda, gymnorhynchus,nematopterus, watwata), or sometimes with an enlarged lateral cusp (observed in H. gymnorhynchus from upper Maroni River Basin only, H. micromaculatus and H. paucimaculatus); differs from long-crown toothed species except H. watwata by the presence of a preanal plate (vs. absence); differs from H. watwata in having an azygous plate which is sometimes divided into two to three secondary platelets, bordering the posterior part of the supraoccipital and directly contacting the pterotic-supracleithrum, laterally bordered by two plates that contact only the pterotic-supracleithrum (vs. an azygous plate, often divided anteriorly in small secondary platelets, not connecting the pterotic-supracleithrum, and with two lateral areas divided in multiple platelets, 4-13, bordering the postero-lateral part of the supraoccipital and the posterior part of the pterotic-supracleithrum (Ref. 90186). Weber, C., R. Covain and S. Fisch-Muller 2012 Identity of <i>Hypostomus plecostomus</i> (Linnaeus, 1758), with an overview of <i>Hypostomus</i> species from the Guianas (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Cybium 36(1):195-227. (Ref. 90186) FB-Distribution-3057 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-02 00:00:00 2024-01-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3057 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size South America: Guianas (coastal region from the Oyapock River basin to the Essequibo River basin). Identity of reported introduced species to several Asian countries for the aquarium trade need further confirmation. Weber, C., R. Covain and S. Fisch-Muller 2012 Identity of <i>Hypostomus plecostomus</i> (Linnaeus, 1758), with an overview of <i>Hypostomus</i> species from the Guianas (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Cybium 36(1):195-227. (Ref. 90186) FB-Uses-3057 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2023-11-14 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3057 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats fisheries: commercial; aquarium: highly commercial Riehl, R. and H.A. Baensch 1991 Aquarien Atlas. Band. 1. Melle: Mergus, Verlag für Natur-und Heimtierkunde, Germany. 992 p. (Ref. 1672) Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl 1985 Aquarien atlas. Band 2. Mergus, Verlag für Natur-und Heimtierkunde GmbH, Melle, Germany. 1216 p. (Ref. 2060) FB-LifeCycle-3057 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2023-11-14 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=3057&StockCode=3253 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Deposits eggs on smooth rocks. Eggs are guarded by one or both parents. May deposit eggs in depressions (Ref. 2060). Burgess, W.E. 1989 An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey (USA). 784 p. (Ref. 6868) FB-TrophicStrategy-3057 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2000-10-30 00:00:00 2008-06-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ plecostomus Feeds on algae and small crustaceans. Burgess, W.E. 1989 An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey (USA). 784 p. (Ref. 6868) FB-Size-3057 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2023-11-14 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3057 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology 25.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 90186)) Weber, C., R. Covain and S. Fisch-Muller 2012 Identity of <i>Hypostomus plecostomus</i> (Linnaeus, 1758), with an overview of <i>Hypostomus</i> species from the Guianas (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Cybium 36(1):195-227. (Ref. 90186) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Diseases-3057-63 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2003-11-04 00:00:00 2003-12-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=3057&StockCode=3253 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Skin Flukes. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Bassleer, G. 2003 The new ilustrated guide to fish diseases in ornamental tropical and pond fish. Bassleer Biofish, Stationstraat 130, 2235 Westmeerbeek, Belgium, 1st Edition, 232 p. (Ref. 48502) FB-Diseases-3057-159 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2003-11-04 00:00:00 2003-12-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=3057&StockCode=3253 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Velvet Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Bassleer, G. 2003 The new ilustrated guide to fish diseases in ornamental tropical and pond fish. Bassleer Biofish, Stationstraat 130, 2235 Westmeerbeek, Belgium, 1st Edition, 232 p. (Ref. 48502) FB-Diseases-3057-14 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2003-11-05 00:00:00 2003-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=3057&StockCode=3253 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats White spot Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Bassleer, G. 2003 The new ilustrated guide to fish diseases in ornamental tropical and pond fish. Bassleer Biofish, Stationstraat 130, 2235 Westmeerbeek, Belgium, 1st Edition, 232 p. (Ref. 48502) FB-Habitat-3057 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2023-11-14 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3057 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat demersal; freshwater; brackish; pH range: 6.2 - 8.2; dH range: 28