/siluriformes/loricariidae/hypostomus/scaphyceps/1.jpg "Hypostomus scaphyceps")
/siluriformes/loricariidae/hypostomus/scaphyceps/2.jpg "Hypostomus scaphyceps")
Close-up of head
 All Fishes Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Hypostomus scaphyceps (Nichols, 1919) |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Cerqueira Cezar, São Paulo State, Brazil. |
| Synonym(s) | Plecostomus scaphyceps |
| Pronunciation | hi POSS tow muss |
| Etymology | Greek, hypo = under + Greek, stoma = mouth. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 35mm or 1.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| General Remarks | Fishbase and CLOFFSCA lists 35mm SL - but that's listed as "Juvenile" by CLOFFSCA... |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Paranapanema River basin. La Plata, Paraná, Paranapanema (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Not Evaluated |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Revista do Museu Paulista v. 11, pp 416 [8], 425 [8]. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is but a single record of this fish being seen, view it. |
| Forum BBCode | |
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 | Look up H. scaphyceps on Encyclopedia of Life |
 | Look up H. scaphyceps on Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.4.17.530 | |
| Last Update | 2019 Sep 18 14:20 (species record created: 2006 Dec 24 23:23) |