Hypostomus arecuta[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae.[2] It is a freshwater fish native to South America, where it occurs in the Paraná River in Argentina.[3]
| Hypostomus arecuta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Hypostomus |
| Species: | H. arecuta
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypostomus arecuta Cardoso, Almirón, Casciotta, Aichino, Lizarralde & Montoya-Burgos, 2012
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H. arecuta is typically found in coastal areas of the main river channel, in areas with a high oxygen concentration, moderate currents (around 0.6 m/s) and substrates composed of sand, pebbles, and large sandstone boulders. The water in which H. arecuta occurs is reported to usually have a transparency of 1.5 to 2.4 m (possibly referring to visibility) and a conductivity of 50.9 to 59.6 μS/cm.[3]
H. arecuta reaches 24.3 cm (9.6 inches) SL and is believed to be a facultative air-breather. It is known to be sympatric with multiple other Hypostomus species, including H. commersoni, H. cochliodon, H. uruguayensis, H. latifrons, H. ternetzi, H. luteomaculatus, H. microstomus, and H. boulengeri. Its specific epithet, arecuta, derives from the Guarani word arecutá, which means "loricariid fish".[3]
References
edit- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hypostomus arecuta Cardoso, Almirón, Casciotta, Aichino, Lizarralde & Montoya-Burgos, 2012". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
- ^ YAMILA P. CARDOSO; ADRIANA ALMIRÓN; JORGE CASCIOTTA; DANILO AICHINO; MARTA S. LIZARRALDE; JUAN I. MONTOYA-BURGOS (2012-09-05). "Origin of species diversity in the catfish genus Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) inhabiting the Paraná river basin, with the description of a new species". Zootaxa. 3453 (1): 69. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3453.1.5. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus arecuta". FishBase.