Hypostomus commersoni

Hypostomus commersoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/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 commersoni

Name

Hypostomus commersoni Valenciennes, 1836

Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9444 (dry). Valenciennes specimens and non-types: ?BMNH 1899.24.5.1 (1, dry), ?BMNH 1899.24.5.4-3 (2, dry); MNHN A-9443 (1), A-9445 (1), A-9563 (1). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:70.

Type locality: Uruguay, Montevideo, Río de La Plata.

Etymology: The specific name commersoni is dedicated to Philibert Commerson, a French naturalist, best known for accompanying Louis Antoine de Bougainville on his voyage of circumnavigation in 1766–1769.

Synonyms

• Hypostomus commersonii Valenciennes, 1836
• Hypostomus spiniger Hensel, 1870
• Plecostomus spiniger (Hensel, 1870)

References

Primary references

• Valenciennes, A. 1836. Poissons [plates]. In: d'Orbigny, A. 1834–39. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale. Pls. 1–16. Reference page.  [see Pl. 7 (fig. 2).]
• Hensel, R.F. 1870. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Wirbelthiere Südbrasiliens. (Fortsetzung). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 36(1): 50–91. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.25780 Reference page. 
• Bertin, L. & Estève, R. 1950. Catalogue des types de poissons du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 5e partie. Ostariophysaires (Siluriformes). Imp. Nationale, Paris. 5e partie: 1–85. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Eigenmann, C.H. & Eigenmann, R.S. 1888. Preliminary notes on South American Nematognathi. I. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (Series 2) 1(2): 119–172.
• Malabarba, L.R. 1989. Histórico sistemático e lista comentada das espécies de peixes de ägua doce do sistema da Laguna dos Patos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Comunicações do Museu de Ciências de PUCRS 2(8): 107–179.
• Garavello, J.C., Britski, H.A. & Zawadzki, C.H. 2012. The cascudos of the genus Hypostomus Lacépède (Ostariophysi: Loricariidae) from the rio Iguaçu basin. Neotropical Ichthyology 10(2): 263–283.

Links

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