Hypoptopoma Explained

Hypoptopoma is a genus of armored catfishes native to South America.

Taxonomy

The genus was established by Albert C. L. G. Günther in 1868 for his new species Hypoptopoma thoracatum, on the basis of the peculiar, depressed, spatulate formation of the head with the eyes on the lateral edges of the head.

Species

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:

• Hypoptopoma baileyi Aquino & Schaefer, 2010
• Hypoptopoma bianale Aquino & Schaefer, 2010
• Hypoptopoma brevirostratum Aquino & Schaefer, 2010
• Hypoptopoma elongatum Aquino & Schaefer, 2010
• Hypoptopoma guianense Boeseman, 1974
• Hypoptopoma gulare Cope, 1878
• Hypoptopoma incognitum Aquino & Schaefer, 2010
• Hypoptopoma inexspectatum (Holmberg, 1893)
• Hypoptopoma joberti (Vaillant, 1880)
• Hypoptopoma machadoi Aquino & Schaefer, 2010
• Hypoptopoma muzuspi Aquino & Schaefer, 2010
• Hypoptopoma psilogaster Fowler, 1915
• Hypoptopoma spectabile (Eigenmann, 1914)
• Hypoptopoma steindachneri Boulenger, 1895
• Hypoptopoma sternoptychum (Schaefer, 1996)
• Hypoptopoma thoracatum Günther, 1868

Distribution

Hypoptopoma species inhabit the drainage basins to the east of the Andes, except for river systems draining to the Atlantic between the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil and the Paraná River in Argentina.^[1]

Further reading

• Aquino, A. E. . Schaefer, S. A.. 2010. Systematics of the genus Hypoptopoma Günther, 1868 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 336. 1–110. PDF. 10.1206/336.1. 83679116.

Notes and References

1. Redescription of Hypoptopoma inexspectata (Holmberg, 1883), with Notes on its Anatomy (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Adriana E.. Aquino. Miquelarena, Amalia M.. PHYSIS (Buenos Aires), Secc. B. 58. 134–135. 1–18. 2001. 2007-06-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181219/http://www.efn.unc.edu.ar/otros/bibliocentro/index_archivos/Hypoptopoma.pdf. 2016-03-03. dead.