Hypostomus boulengeri[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America. The species reaches 24.5 cm (9.6 inches) SL and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.[2]
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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. boulengeri
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| Hypostomus boulengeri (C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903)
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H. boulengeri was originally described in 1903 from the Paraguay River basin in Paraguay and Brazil. In 2005, its presence in the Paraná River basin in Argentina was confirmed. In 2016, it was found to occur in the Bermejo River basin as well.[3]
Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of Belgian-born British ichthyologist-herpetologist George A. Boulenger (1858–1937), of the British Museum of Natural History.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Hypostomus boulengeri (Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus boulengeri". FishBase.
- ^ Alonso, Felipe & Terán, Guillermo & Aguilera, Gastón & Mirande, Juan Marcos. (2016). First record of Hypostomus boulengeri (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Bermejo River basin. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Nueva Serie. 18. 85-88. 10.22179/REVMACN.18.440.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily HYPOSTOMINAE Kner 1853 (Suckermouth Catfishes or Plecos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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