Hypostomus sertanejo
Hypostomus sertanejo is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Jaguaribe River basin in northeastern Brazil. The species reaches 18.9 cm (7.4 inches) in standard length. It was described in 2017 by Cláudio Henrique Zawadzki (of the State University of Maringá), Telton Pedro A. Ramos (of the Federal University of Paraíba), and Mark H. Sabaj Pérez (of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University). FishBase does not yet list this species.[1]
| Hypostomus sertanejo | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Hypostomus |
| Species: | H. sertanejo |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypostomus sertanejo Zawadzki, Ramos & Sabaj, 2017 | |
Hypostomus sertanejo sometimes appears in the aquarium trade, where it is typically referred to as the Sertanejo pleco.[2]
References
- Zawadzki, Cláudio & Ramos, Telton & Sabaj Pérez, Mark. (2017). Hypostomus sertanejo (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), new armoured catfish species from north-eastern Brazil. Journal of fish biology. 91. 10.1111/jfb.13349.
- "Hypostomus sertanejo • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog". www.planetcatfish.com. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
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