Hypostomus pyrineusi[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it reportedly occurs in the Madeira River basin in Brazil. The species reaches 26 cm (10.2 inches) in total 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. pyrineusi
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| Hypostomus pyrineusi (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920)
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Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of Lieut. Antonio Pyrineus de Souza (d. 1936), a naturalist with the Rondon Commission, whose mission was to install telegraph poles from Mato Grosso to Amazonas, which included an expedition that collected the type specimen.[3]
References
edit- ^ "ITIS - Report: Hypostomus pyrineusi". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus pyrineusi". FishBase.
- ^ 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 10 August 2024.