Hypostomus formosae

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 formosae

Name

Hypostomus formosae Cardoso, Brancolini, Paracampo, Lizarralde, Covain, Montoya-Burgos, 2016

Holotype: MACN Ict 9720. Paratypes: MACN Ict 9721 (1), Ict 9722 (4); CFA-IC 11972 (ex-ILPLA 1972) (2); MHNG 2251.43 (2), 2251.44 (1), 2251.41 (1), 2251.40 (4), 2754.043 (2), 2677.005 (1), 2600.050 (3), 2358.63 (1), 2676.097 (3).

Type locality: Argentina: Formosa Province: Saladillo Stream: tributary of Paraguay River, 26°26'28", S 58°24'03" W.

Etymology: The species is named after the Formosa Province, Argentina.

References

• Cardoso, Y.P., Brancolini, F., Paracampo, A., Lizarralde, M., Covain, R. & Montoya-Burgos, J.I. 2016. Hypostomus formosae, a new catfish species from the Paraguay River Basin with redescription of H. boulengeri (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 27(1): 9–23. PDF. Reference page.