| Hypostomus ericae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Hypostomus |
| Species: | H. ericae |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypostomus ericae P. H. Carvalho & C. Weber, 2005 | |
Hypostomus ericae is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the upper Tocantins River drainage in Brazil. The species reaches 24 cm (9.4 inches) in total length. Its specific epithet, ericae, honors Erica Pellegrini Caramaschi, who collected the first specimens of the species. The fish was formally described as a species new to science in 2005 by Pedro Hollanda Carvalho and Claude Weber in 2005. Characteristics that distinguish it from other catfish in genus Hypostomus include the number of odontodes in the opercle; its colour pattern, which features widely spaced spots on its body; the presence of a buccal papilla; and the depth of its caudal peduncle.
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Erica Pellegrini Caramaschi, of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, who helped collect the holotype, and for her “great” contributions to the knowledge of fish ecology.
References
- "ITIS - Report: Hypostomus ericae". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus ericae". FishBase.
- Hollanda Carvalho, P.; Weber, C. (2004). "Five new species of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the middle and lower Amazon System". Revue suisse de zoologie. 111 (4): 953–978. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.80281. ISSN 0035-418X.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily HYPOSTOMINAE Kner 1853 (Suckermouth Catfishes or Plecos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Hypostomus ericae | |