Hypostomus myersi

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 myersi

Name

• Hypostomus myersi (Gosline, 1947)

Holotype: MNRJ 4251. Paratypes: MNRJ 4252 (2); SU uncat. (2), not found.

Type locality: Brazil, Paraná, Rio Iguaçu at Porto União.

Etymology: The specific name myersi is dedicated to G. S. Myers, senior collector of the types of this species.

Synonyms

• Plecostomus myersi Gosline, 1947 -- orig. combination

References

• 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.
• Gosline, W. A., 1947: Contributions to the classification of the loricariid catfishes. Arquivos do Museu Nacional de Rio de Janeiro, 41: 79–134.
• Hypostomus myersi in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.