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Scientific Name	**Hypoptopoma psilogaster** Fowler, 1915
Common Name
Type Locality	Peruvian Amazon.
Pronunciation	hi POP toe po mah
Etymology	Hypoptopoma is derived from hypos (low position, below). piptein (depressed). poma (cheek)
Species Information
Size	70mm or 2.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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. Has a horizontal black stripe in the middle of the caudal fin, with black pigment on the upper and lower caudal fin tips. Can be very spotted when young, becoming more uniformly coloured with age and acclimatisation. The thickness of the caudal peduncle is not as thin as in Oxyropsis but also is not a thick as many other species of Hypoptopoma.
General Remarks	This species is exported from Iquitos, Peru.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: South America: Amazon River basin (Peru and Ecuador). Amazon, Upper Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón, Ucayali, Lower Ucayali (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Upper Amazon, Napo (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Upper Amazon, Nanay (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 2020.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 67, pp 235, Fig. 9.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:11 (species record created: 2009 Feb 24 01:39)