Hypostomus commersoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Loricariidae
Subfamilia: Hypostominae
Tribus: Hypostomini
Genus: Hypostomus
Species: Hypostomus commersoni

Name

Hypostomus commersoni Valenciennes, 1836

Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9444 (dry). Valenciennes specimens and non-types: ?BMNH 1899.24.5.1 (1, dry), ?BMNH 1899.24.5.4-3 (2, dry); MNHN A-9443 (1), A-9445 (1), A-9563 (1). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:70.

Type locality: Uruguay, Montevideo, Río de La Plata.

Etymology: The specific name commersoni is dedicated to Philibert Commerson, a French naturalist, best known for accompanying Louis Antoine de Bougainville on his voyage of circumnavigation in 1766–1769.

Synonyms

Hypostomus commersonii Valenciennes, 1836
Hypostomus spiniger Hensel, 1870
Plecostomus spiniger (Hensel, 1870)

References

Primary references

Valenciennes, A. 1836. Poissons [plates]. In: d'Orbigny, A. 1834–39. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale. Pls. 1–16. Reference page. [see Pl. 7 (fig. 2).]
Hensel, R.F. 1870. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Wirbelthiere Südbrasiliens. (Fortsetzung). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 36(1): 50–91. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.25780 Reference page.
Bertin, L. & Estève, R. 1950. Catalogue des types de poissons du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 5e partie. Ostariophysaires (Siluriformes). Imp. Nationale, Paris. 5e partie: 1–85. Reference page.

Additional references

Eigenmann, C.H. & Eigenmann, R.S. 1888. Preliminary notes on South American Nematognathi. I. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (Series 2) 1(2): 119–172.
Malabarba, L.R. 1989. Histórico sistemático e lista comentada das espécies de peixes de ägua doce do sistema da Laguna dos Patos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Comunicações do Museu de Ciências de PUCRS 2(8): 107–179.
Garavello, J.C., Britski, H.A. & Zawadzki, C.H. 2012. The cascudos of the genus Hypostomus Lacépède (Ostariophysi: Loricariidae) from the rio Iguaçu basin. Neotropical Ichthyology 10(2): 263–283.

Links

Hypostomus commersoni in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Hypostomus commersoni in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024. With list of synonyms.