Hypoptopoma thoracatum[3] is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae. the cascudinhos.[2] This catfish occurs in the Amazon River basin in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. It may also occur in the Orinoco basin in Venezuela and soiuthwestern Guyana but its occurrence in this system requires confirmation.[1] H. thoracatum reaches a total length of 11.5 cm (4.5 in).[4] This species was first formally described in 1868 by the German-born British ichthyologist and herpetologist Albert Günther with its type locality given as as Xeberos in the upper Amazon of Peru.[2] When Günther described his species he proposed the new monospecific genus Hypoptopoma, meaning tha H. thoracatum is the type species of that genus by monotypy.[5]
| Hypoptopoma thoracatum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Hypoptopoma |
| Species: | H. thoracatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypoptopoma thoracatum | |
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References
edit- 1 2 Salvador, G.N. (2023). "Hypoptopoma thoracatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T49830239A159679798. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49830239A159679798.en. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Hypoptopoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
- ↑ "ITIS - Report: Hypoptopoma thoracatum". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hypoptopoma thoracatum". FishBase. February 2026 version.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Hypoptopomatinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
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