Hypostomus wilsoni[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the basin of the Truando River, which is part of the Atrato River drainage in Colombia. The species reaches 32.5 cm (12.8 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. wilsoni
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| Hypostomus wilsoni (C. H. Eigenmann, 1918)
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Etymology
editThe fsh is named in honor of the businessman Charles Wilson of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, who helped finance Eigenmann’s trip to Brazil and collected many specimens himself, including the holotype of this species.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Hypostomus wilsoni (Eigenmann, 1918)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus wilsoni". 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.