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]

Hypostomus boulengeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Hypostomus
Species:
H. boulengeri
Binomial name
Hypostomus boulengeri
Synonyms
  • Plecostomus boulengeri

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

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The 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

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  1. ^ "Hypostomus boulengeri (Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus boulengeri". FishBase.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.