Summary of hypoptopoma |
Pronounced | hi POP toe po mah |
Etymology | Hypoptopoma is derived from hypos (low position, below). piptein (depressed). poma (cheek) |
Identification | Hypoptopoma are small(ish) loricariids with a stocky body with a wide, flattened, head with the eyes on the side of the head and a concave profile, with a normal (not extremely thin) tail. |
Size | Smallest 36mm, largest 105mm, average 72mm, most commonly 70mm. All SL. |
Species | There are 19 "species" in the database |
New spp. / time | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1750 | 1770 | 1790 | 1810 | 1830 | 1850 | 1870 | 1890 | 1910 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1990 | 2010 |
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Distribution |
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Genus Thumbnails |
H. baileyi (i:0, k:0) H. bianale (i:0, k:0) H. brevirostratum (i:2, k:0) H. cf. inexspectatum (i:3, k:0) H. elongatum (i:8, k:0) H. guianense (i:4, k:0) H. gulare (i:9, k:0) H. incognitum (i:7, k:0) H. inexspectatum (i:15, k:0) H. machadoi (i:1, k:0) H. muzuspi (i:0, k:0) H. psilogaster (i:7, k:0) H. sp. `RIO PARANA` (i:2, k:0) H. sp. (1) (i:6, k:0) H. sp. (2) (i:10, k:0) H. sp. (4) (i:5, k:0) H. sp. (5) (i:2, k:0) H. steindachneri (i:4, k:0) H. thoracatum (i:8, k:0)
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