 Summary of hypoptopoma |
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| 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 |
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H. baileyi
(i:0, k:0)
H. bianale
(i:0, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/hypoptopoma/brevirostratum/1.jpg "Hypoptopoma brevirostratum - Click for species page")
H. brevirostratum
(i:2, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/hypoptopoma/cf_inexspectatum/1.jpg "Hypoptopoma cf. inexspectatum - Click for species page")
H. cf. inexspectatum
(i:3, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/hypoptopoma/elongatum/1.jpg "Hypoptopoma elongatum - Click for species page")
H. elongatum
(i:8, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/hypoptopoma/guianense/1.jpg "Hypoptopoma guianense - Click for species page")
H. guianense
(i:4, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/hypoptopoma/gulare/1.jpg "Hypoptopoma gulare - Click for species page")
H. gulare
(i:9, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/hypoptopoma/incognitum/1.jpg "Hypoptopoma incognitum - Click for species page")
H. incognitum
(i:7, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/hypoptopoma/inexspectatum/1.jpg "Hypoptopoma inexspectatum - Click for species page")
H. inexspectatum
(i:15, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/hypoptopoma/machadoi/1.jpg "Hypoptopoma machadoi - Click for species page")
H. machadoi
(i:1, k:0)
H. muzuspi
(i:0, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/hypoptopoma/psilogaster/1.jpg "Hypoptopoma psilogaster - Click for species page")
H. psilogaster
(i:10, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/hypoptopoma/sp%60rio_parana%60/1.jpg "Hypoptopoma sp. `RIO PARANA` - Click for species page")
H. sp. `RIO PARANA`
(i:2, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/hypoptopoma/sp%281%29/1.jpg "Hypoptopoma sp. (1) - Click for species page")
H. sp. (1)
(i:15, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/hypoptopoma/sp%282%29/1.jpg "Hypoptopoma sp. (2) - Click for species page")
H. sp. (2)
(i:10, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/hypoptopoma/sp%284%29/1.jpg "Hypoptopoma sp. (4) - Click for species page")
H. sp. (4)
(i:5, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/hypoptopoma/sp%285%29/1.jpg "Hypoptopoma sp. (5) - Click for species page")
H. sp. (5)
(i:2, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/hypoptopoma/steindachneri/1.jpg "Hypoptopoma steindachneri - Click for species page")
H. steindachneri
(i:4, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/hypoptopoma/thoracatum/1.jpg "Hypoptopoma thoracatum - Click for species page")
H. thoracatum
(i:8, k:0)
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