Hypostomus nigropunctatus[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Iguazu River in the state of Paraná in Brazil. The species reaches 23.3 cm (9.2 in) in standard length 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. nigropunctatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypostomus nigropunctatus Garavello, Britski & Zawadzki, 2012
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References
edit- ^ Garavello, Julio César; Britski, Heraldo Antônio; Zawadzki, Claudio Henrique (2012). "The cascudos of the genus Hypostomus Lacépède (Ostariophysi: Loricariidae) from the rio Iguaçu basin". Neotropical Ichthyology. 10 (2): 263–283. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252012000200005.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus nigropunctatus". FishBase.
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