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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Hypancistrus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Isbrücker & Nijssen.

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

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical; 23°C - 26°C (Ref. 12468)

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South America: Xingu River basin, Brazil.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 111518); max. published weight: 3.99 g (Ref. 111518)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 4

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Eggs are deposited in caves. Male intensively tends the clutch.

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Fisch-Muller, Sonia | Collaborators

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)

Critically Endangered (CR) (A3c); Date assessed: 07 November 2018

CITES

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

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Hypancistrus zebra Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1991