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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Hypostomus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335); ericae: Named for Erica Pellegrini Caramaschi, collector of this species, for her great contributions to the knowledge of ecology of fishes.
Eponymy: Dr Erica Maria Pellegrini Caramaschi is an ichthyologist and a professor at the Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Upper Tocantins River drainage in Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 125983); 24.0 cm SL (female); max. published weight: 802.70 g (Ref. 125983); max. published weight: 802.70 g
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Hollanda Carvalho, P. and C. Weber, 2005. Five new species of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the middle and lower Amazon System. Rev. Suisse Zool. [2004] 111(4):953-978. (Ref. 56681)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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