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Common names: Cascudo, Cascudo ferro, Cascudo preto
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Found in rio Paraná-Paraguay basin including rio Iguaçu (Ref. 91066). Type locality: Rio Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Ref. 26282, 6868).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Garavello, J.C., H.A. Britski and C.H. Zawadzki, 2012
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Common names from other countries

Cascudo ferro, Valkotäpläpleko, Vieja, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Hypostomus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Regan.

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

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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South America: Rio Paraná-Paraguay basin including rio Iguaçu.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 114987); max. published weight: 991.00 g (Ref. 114987)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 6. Diagnosed from all other congeners except Hypostomus heraldoi by the pelvic-fin unbranched ray length equal to or greater than pectoral-fin unbranched ray (vs. pelvic-fin unbranched ray shorter than pectoral-fin unbranched ray). Differs from H. heraldoi by having pale dots over body and fins (vs. dark dots over body and fins) (Ref. 91066).

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)

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

Garavello, J.C., H.A. Britski and C.H. Zawadzki, 2012. The cascudos of the genus Hypostomus Lacépède (Ostariophysi: Loricariidae) from the rio Iguaçu basin. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 10(2):263-283. (Ref. 91066)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 26 October 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00912 (0.00576 - 0.01445), b=3.04 (2.90 - 3.18), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.1).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100).

Hypostomus albopunctatus (Regan, 1908)