Hypostomus topavae
Hypostomus topavae[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Paraná River drainage, including the Rio Grande basin.[2] The species is very large for a loricariid, reaching 70 cm (27.6 inches) SL.[3]
| Hypostomus topavae | |
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| Specimen from the Uberaba River, Paraná. Scale bar 10 mm. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Hypostomus |
| Species: | H. topavae |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypostomus topavae (Godoy, 1969) | |
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References
- "ITIS - Report: Hypostomus topavae". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
- Angelica C. Dias, A. C. Dias, & Cláudio H. Zawadzki, C. H. Zawadzki. (0000). Identification key and pictures of the Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the rio Ivaí, upper rio Paraná basin. Check list, 14, 393-414. doi: 10.15560/14.2.393
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus topavae". FishBase.
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