Hypostomus Chrysostiktos
📖 Overview
Facultative air-breathing in the genus ; Found in dark water stretches of rivers with rocky bottom, at altitudes from 50-662 meters above sea level .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Can be easily diagnosed from most loricariids, except Megalancistrus, a few species of Chaetostoma, and some species of Pterygoplichthys and Delturus, by having high number of dorsal-fin branched rays (10-11). Can also be differentiated by having slightly evertible cheek plates (vs. fully evertible cheek plates of Chaetostoma, Megalancistrus, and most other Ancistrini and Pterygoplichthyini taxa; or absence of evertible cheek plates in Delturinae, Neoplecostominae, Hypoptopomatinae, Loricariinae, Corymbophanini and Rhinelepini). It further differs from Delturus by possessing four branched anal-fin rays (vs. five or six) and from several loricariids by having naked abdomen (vs. plated in e.g. Pterygoplichthys), snout almost completely plated leaving just a small naked area on its tip (vs. snout completely naked in e.g. Chaetostoma) .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Hypostomus Chrysostiktos is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Hypostomus Chrysostiktos is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Hypostomus Chrysostiktos is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical South America: known only from rio Paraguaçu basin in Brazil.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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