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Scientific Name	**Hypostomus pusarum** (Starks, 1913)
Common Names	Pumpkin Pleco Orangegul Sugemalle (Denmark)
Type Locality	Ceará, Mirim, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Ancistrus salgadae, Plecostomus carvalhoi, Plecostomus jaguribensis, Plecostomus nudiventris, Plecostomus plecostomus papariae, Plecostomus pusarum
Pronunciation	hi POSS tow muss
Etymology	Greek, hypo = under + Greek, stoma = mouth.
Species Information
Size	203mm or 8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: coastal drainages of northern Brazil. Southern Atlantic Draining Rivers, North East Brazil Coastal Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there) Piauí Rivers, Parnaíba (click on these areas to find other species found there) Ceará State Rivers, Jaguaribe (click on these areas to find other species found there) Southern Atlantic Draining Rivers, North East Brazil Coastal Rivers, Rio Grande do Norte Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Leland Stanford Jr. University Publications, University Series, pp36, Pl. 6.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2024 Sep 01 23:19 (species record created: 2011 Sep 23 08:20)