Hypostomus kopeyaka

Hypostomus kopeyaka[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the basin of the Tiquié River, a tributary of the Vaupés River, which is itself a tributary of the Rio Negro, in Brazil, although it has also been reported from Vaupés Department in Colombia. It generally occurs in rapids, cataract pools, and slow-flowing portions of the Tiquié and some of its large tributaries. The species reaches 22.6 cm (8.9 inches) in standard length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather. Its specific epithet, kopeyaka, refers to its common name in the Tuyuca and Tucano languages, kope ya’ka, reportedly meaning "pleco from the holes", in reference to the species' tendency to hide in holes in the river bank.[2]

Hypostomus kopeyaka
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Hypostomus
Species:
H. kopeyaka
Binomial name
Hypostomus kopeyaka
Carvalho, Lima & Zawadzki, 2010

References
  1. Carvalho, Pedro & Lima, Flávio & Zawadzki, Cláudio. (2010). Two new species of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Negro basin in Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology. 8. 10.1590/S1679-62252010000100006.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus kopeyaka". FishBase.


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