Hypostomus tietensis[2] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Tietê River basin in Brazil, for which it is named. The species reaches 12.5 cm (4.9 in) in standard 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. tietensis
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| Hypostomus tietensis (Ihering, 1905)
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In 2022, Hypostomus tietensis was found to comprise several genetically distinct populations that likely represent multiple cryptic species.[4]
References
edit- ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Hypostomus tietensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Portuguese). 2022: e.T186647A1816262. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T186647A1816262.pt. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Hypostomus tietensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus tietensis". FishBase.
- ^ Gabriela B. N. de Paula; Mariane Gavazzoni; Cláudio H. Zawadzki; Carlos A. Fernandes; Ana L. B. Portela-Castro; Roberto L. Lui; Vladimir P. Margarido (2022). "Identification of cryptic species in allopatric populations of Hypostomus tietensis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) through cytogenetics analyses". Neotropical Ichthyology. 20 (2). doi:10.1590/1982-0224-2021-0158. ISSN 1982-0224. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
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