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Hypostomus rondoni

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Species of fish

Hypostomus rondoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Hypostomus
Species: H. rondoni
Binomial name
Hypostomus rondoni
(A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Plecostomus rondoni

Hypostomus rondoni is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Tapajós basin. The species reaches 8 cm (3.1 inches) in total length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Cândido Rondon (1865–1958), a Brazilian army engineer and explorer, whose Rondon Commission's mission was to install telegraph poles from Mato Grosso to Amazonas included an expedition that collected the type specimen.

References

  1. "ITIS - Report: Hypostomus rondoni". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  2. 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.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus rondoni". FishBase.
  4. 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
Hypostomus rondoni
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