Hypostomus wuchereri[2] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Paraguaçu River basin in Brazil. The species reaches 35 cm (13.8 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. wuchereri
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypostomus wuchereri (Günther, 1864)
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Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of Brazilian physician Otto Edward Henry Wucherer (1820–1873), whose personal collection supplied holotypes of this species and several other species from Bahia, Brazil.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2021). "Hypostomus wuchereri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T187336A1826659. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T187336A1826659.pt. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "ITIS - Report: Hypostomus wuchereri". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus wuchereri". 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.