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Hypostomus Lacepède, 1803
Taxonomic Serial No.: 164341

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Cochliodon Heckel in Kner, 1854
		Plecostomus Gronow in Walbaum, 1792
	Common Name(s):	suckermouth catfishes [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2005

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Ostariophysi
	Order	Siluriformes – silures, catfishes
	Family	Loricariidae Rafinesque, 1815 – suckermouth armored catfishes, suckermouth catfishes, loricariidés, plecóstomas, armored catfishes
	Subfamily	Hypostominae – armored catfishes
	Genus	Hypostomus Lacepède, 1803 – suckermouth catfishes
		Direct Children:
	Species	Hypostomus affinis (Steindachner, 1877)
	Species	Hypostomus agna (Miranda Ribeiro, 1907)
	Species	Hypostomus alatus Castelnau, 1855
	Species	Hypostomus albopunctatus (Regan, 1908)
	Species	Hypostomus ammophilus (Armbruster and Page, 1996)
	Species	Hypostomus ancistroides (Ihering, 1911)
	Species	Hypostomus angipinnatus (Leege, 1922)
	Species	Hypostomus annae (Steindachner, 1881)
	Species	Hypostomus argus (Fowler, 1943)
	Species	Hypostomus asperatus Castelnau, 1855
	Species	Hypostomus aspilogaster (Cope, 1894)
	Species	Hypostomus atropinnis (Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1890)
	Species	Hypostomus auroguttatus Kner, 1854
	Species	Hypostomus biseriatus (Cope, 1872)
	Species	Hypostomus bolivianus (Pearson, 1924)
	Species	Hypostomus borellii (Boulenger, 1897)
	Species	Hypostomus boulengeri (Eigenmann and Kennedy, 1903)
	Species	Hypostomus brevicauda (Günther, 1864)
	Species	Hypostomus brevis (Nichols, 1919)
	Species	Hypostomus butantanis (Ihering, 1911)
	Species	Hypostomus carinatus (Steindachner, 1881)
	Species	Hypostomus carvalhoi (Miranda Ribeiro, 1937)
	Species	Hypostomus cochliodon Kner, 1854
	Species	Hypostomus commersoni Valenciennes, 1836
	Species	Hypostomus commersonoides (Marini, Nichols and La Monte, 1933)
	Species	Hypostomus coppenamensis Boeseman, 1969
	Species	Hypostomus corantijni Boeseman, 1968
	Species	Hypostomus cordovae (Günther, 1880)
	Species	Hypostomus crassicauda Boeseman, 1968
	Species	Hypostomus derbyi (Haseman, 1911)
	Species	Hypostomus dlouhyi Weber, 1985
	Species	Hypostomus emarginata Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840
	Species	Hypostomus eptingi (Fowler, 1941)
	Species	Hypostomus ericae Carvalho and Weber, 2005
	Species	Hypostomus ericius Armbruster, 2003
	Species	Hypostomus fluviatilis (Schubart, 1964)
	Species	Hypostomus fonchii Weber and Montoya-Burgos, 2002
	Species	Hypostomus francisci (Lütken, 1874)
	Species	Hypostomus garmani (Regan, 1904)
	Species	Hypostomus gomesi (Fowler, 1942)
	Species	Hypostomus goyazensis (Regan, 1908)
	Species	Hypostomus gymnorhynchus (Norman, 1926)
	Species	Hypostomus hemicochliodon Armbruster, 2003
	Species	Hypostomus hemiurus (Eigenmann, 1912)
	Species	Hypostomus hermanni (Ihering, 1905)
	Species	Hypostomus hondae (Regan, 1912)
	Species	Hypostomus hoplonites Rapp Py-Daniel, 1988
	Species	Hypostomus horridus Kner, 1854
	Species	Hypostomus iheringii (Regan, 1908)
	Species	Hypostomus interruptus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1918)
	Species	Hypostomus isbrueckeri Reis, Weber and Malabarba, 1990
	Species	Hypostomus jaguribensis (Fowler, 1915)
	Species	Hypostomus johnii (Steindachner, 1877)
	Species	Hypostomus laplatae (Eigenmann, 1907)
	Species	Hypostomus latifrons Weber, 1986
	Species	Hypostomus latirostris (Regan, 1904)
	Species	Hypostomus levis (Pearson, 1924)
	Species	Hypostomus lexi (Ihering, 1911)
	Species	Hypostomus lima (Lütken, 1874)
	Species	Hypostomus limosus (Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1888)
	Species	Hypostomus longiradiatus (Holly, 1929)
	Species	Hypostomus luetkeni (Steindachner, 1877)
	Species	Hypostomus luteomaculatus (Devincenzi in Devincenzi and Teague, 1942)
	Species	Hypostomus luteus (Godoy, 1980)
	Species	Hypostomus macrophthalmus Boeseman, 1968
	Species	Hypostomus macrops (Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1888)
	Species	Hypostomus margaritifer (Regan, 1908)
	Species	Hypostomus meleagris (Marini, Nichols and La Monte, 1933)
	Species	Hypostomus micromaculatus Boeseman, 1968
	Species	Hypostomus microstomus Weber, 1987
	Species	Hypostomus mutucae Knaack, 1999
	Species	Hypostomus myersi (Gosline, 1947)
	Species	Hypostomus nematopterus Isbrücker and Nijssen, 1984
	Species	Hypostomus niceforoi (Fowler, 1943)
	Species	Hypostomus nickeriensis Boeseman, 1969
	Species	Hypostomus niger (Marini, Nichols and La Monte, 1933)
	Species	Hypostomus nigromaculatus (Schubart, 1964)
	Species	Hypostomus nudiventris (Fowler, 1941)
	Species	Hypostomus obtusirostris (Steindachner, 1907)
	Species	Hypostomus occidentalis Boeseman, 1968
	Species	Hypostomus oculeus (Fowler, 1943)
	Species	Hypostomus pagei Armbruster, 2003
	Species	Hypostomus pantherinus Kner, 1854
	Species	Hypostomus papariae (Fowler, 1941)
	Species	Hypostomus paucimaculatus Boeseman, 1968
	Species	Hypostomus paucipunctatus Carvalho and Weber, 2005
	Species	Hypostomus paulinus (Ihering, 1905)
	Species	Hypostomus phrixosoma (Fowler, 1940)
	Species	Hypostomus piratatu Weber, 1986
	Species	Hypostomus plecostomoides (Eigenmann, 1922)
	Species	Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758) – suckermouth catfish
	Species	Hypostomus pospisili (Schultz, 1944)
	Species	Hypostomus pseudohemiurus Boeseman, 1968
	Species	Hypostomus punctatus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840 – suckermouthed catfish
	Species	Hypostomus pusarum (Starks, 1913)
	Species	Hypostomus pyrineusi (Miranda Ribeiro, 1920)
	Species	Hypostomus regani (Ihering, 1905)
	Species	Hypostomus robinii Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840
	Species	Hypostomus rondoni (Miranda Ribeiro, 1912)
	Species	Hypostomus roseopunctatus Reis, Weber and Malabarba, 1990
	Species	Hypostomus saramaccensis Boeseman, 1968
	Species	Hypostomus scabriceps (Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1888)
	Species	Hypostomus scaphyceps (Nichols, 1919)
	Species	Hypostomus scopularius (Cope, 1871)
	Species	Hypostomus sculpodon Armbruster, 2003
	Species	Hypostomus seminudus (Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1888)
	Species	Hypostomus simios Carvalho and Weber, 2005
	Species	Hypostomus sipaliwinii Boeseman, 1968
	Species	Hypostomus soniae Carvalho and Weber, 2005
	Species	Hypostomus spinosissimus (Steindachner, 1880)
	Species	Hypostomus squalinus Jardine and Schomburgk in Schomburgk, 1841
	Species	Hypostomus strigaticeps (Regan, 1908)
	Species	Hypostomus subcarinatus Castelnau, 1855
	Species	Hypostomus surinamensis Boeseman, 1968
	Species	Hypostomus tapanahoniensis Boeseman, 1969
	Species	Hypostomus taphorni (Lilyestrom, 1984)
	Species	Hypostomus tenuicauda (Steindachner, 1878)
	Species	Hypostomus tenuis Boeseman, 1968
	Species	Hypostomus ternetzi (Boulenger, 1895)
	Species	Hypostomus tietensis (Ihering, 1905)
	Species	Hypostomus topavae (Godoy, 1969)
	Species	Hypostomus unae (Steindachner, 1878)
	Species	Hypostomus unicolor (Steindachner, 1908)
	Species	Hypostomus uruguayensis Reis, Weber and Malabarba, 1990
	Species	Hypostomus vaillanti (Steindachner, 1877)
	Species	Hypostomus variipictus (Ihering, 1911)
	Species	Hypostomus varimaculosus (Fowler, 1945)
	Species	Hypostomus variostictus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1912)
	Species	Hypostomus ventromaculatus Boeseman, 1968
	Species	Hypostomus vermicularis (Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1888)
	Species	Hypostomus villarsi (Lütken, 1874)
	Species	Hypostomus virescens (Cope, 1874)
	Species	Hypostomus waiampi Carvalho and Weber, 2005
	Species	Hypostomus watwata Hancock, 1828
	Species	Hypostomus winzi (Fowler, 1945)
	Species	Hypostomus wuchereri (Günther, 1864)

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Wayne C. Starnes
	Notes:	Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
	Reference for:	Hypostomus

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 08-Apr-2005, website (version 05-Apr-05)
	Acquired:	2005
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Hypostomus

	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)
	Acquired:	2003
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Hypostomus

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Hypostomus

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
	Publication Date:	2003
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Page(s):
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
	Reference for:	Hypostomus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N.
	Publication Date:	1990
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Genera of Recent Fishes
	Page(s):	iii + 697
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, CA, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-23-8
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Hypostomus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
	Publication Date:	1998
	Article/Chapter Title:	Catalog of Fishes
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
	Page(s):	2905
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, California, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-47-5
	Notes:	Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
	Reference for:	Hypostomus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Nelson, Joseph S.
	Publication Date:	1994
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Fishes of the World, Third Edition
	Page(s):	xvii + 600
	Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-471-54713-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Hypostomus

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