Hypostomus rondoni[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Tapajós basin.[2] The species reaches 8 cm (3.1 inches) in total length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.[3]
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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. rondoni
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| Hypostomus rondoni (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1912)
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Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of Cândido Rondon (1865–1958), a Brazilian army engineer and explorer, whose Rondon Commission's mission was to install telegraph poles from Mato Grosso to Amazonas included an expedition that collected the type specimen.[4]
References
edit- ^ "ITIS - Report: Hypostomus rondoni". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
- ^ Burgess, W.E., 1989. An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey (USA). 784 p.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus rondoni". 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.