Hypostomus renestoi[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the upper Paraguay River basin in Brazil. The species was described in 2018 by Cláudio Henrique Zawadzki, Hugmar Pains da Silva, and Waldo Pinheiro Troy alongside the redescription of Hypostomus latirostris.[2] FishBase does not list this species.
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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. renestoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypostomus renestoi Zawadzki, da Silva & Troy, 2018
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Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of Brazilian ichthyologist Erasmo Renesto, of the Universidade Estadual de Maringá, because of his contributions to the genetics of neotropical fishes.[3]
References
edit- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hypostomus renestoi Zawadzki, da Silva & Troy, 2018". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
- ^ Pfeil, Friedrich & München, • & Zawadzki, Cláudio & Silva, Hugmar & Troy, Waldo. (2018). Redescription of Hypostomus latirostris (Regan, 1904) with the recognition of a new species of Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraguay basin, Brazil. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 28. 10.23788/IEF-1079.
- ^ 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.
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