Hypostomus variostictus[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 Argentina and Brazil. The species reaches 5.7 cm (2.2 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. variostictus
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| Hypostomus variostictus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1912)
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References
edit- ^ "ITIS - Report: Hypostomus variostictus". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus variostictus". FishBase.
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