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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Hypostomus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335); soniae: Named for Sonia Fisch-Muller, curator at the Museum of Geneva, specialist in loricariid systematics and one of the collectors of the type species.
Eponymy: Dr Sonia Fisch-Muller is a professor at the Department of Herpetology and Ichthyology, Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva. She co-wrote: Three new species of Ancistrus (2005). She brought Cetopsidium soniae to the authors’ attention. (See also Muller, S) (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Tapajós River in Pará, Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 95498)
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Hollanda Carvalho, P. and C. Weber, 2005. Five new species of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the middle and lower Amazon System. Rev. Suisse Zool. [2004] 111(4):953-978. (Ref. 56681)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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