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Hypostomus melanephelis

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Hypostomus melanephelis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Hypostomus
Species:
H. melanephelis
Binomial name
Hypostomus melanephelis
Zawadzki, Oliveira, Oliveira & Py-Daniel, 2015

Hypostomus melanephelis[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it is known from the Tapajós basin near Itaituba in the state of Pará in Brazil. It is known to occur in running water with a substrate primarily composed of rock. The species reaches 17.8 cm (7 inches) in standard length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Zawadzki, Cláudio H.; Oliveira, Andreza S.; de Oliveira, Renildo R.; Rapp Py-Daniel, Lúcia (2015). "Hypostomus melanephelis, a new armored catfish species from the rio Tapajós basin, Brazil (Teleostei: Loricariidae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 26: 49–58.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus melanephelis". FishBase.