Hypostomus ancistroides

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Loricariidae
Subfamilia: Hypostominae
Tribus: Hypostomini
Genus: Hypostomus
Species: Hypostomus ancistroides

Name

Hypostomus ancistroides (Ihering, 1911)

• Syntypes: DZSASP (now MZUSP) (not found).

Type locality: Rio Tatuhy and Rio Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil.

Synonyms

• Plecostomus ancistroides Ihering, 1911

Vernacular names

• suomi: Väkätäpläpleko
• português: Cascudo bugio, Cascudo pintado

References

• Carvalho, P.H., Lima, S.M.Q., Zawadzki, C.H., Oliveira, C. & de Pinna, M. 2015 (online) 2016 (print). Phylogeographic patterns in suckermouth catfish Hypostomus ancistroides (Loricariidae): dispersion, vicariance and species complexity across a Neotropical biogeographic region. Mitochondrial DNA 27(5): 3590–3596. DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2015.1079822 Reference page. 
• Ihering, R. von 1911. Algumas especies novas de peixes d'agua doce (Nematognatha) (Corydoras, Plecostomus, Hemipsilichthys). Revista do Museo São Paulo 8 [1910]: 380–404. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hypostomus ancistroides in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Hypostomus ancistroides in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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