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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypoptopomatinae
Etymology: Hypoptopoma: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, optoma, opsomai = to look at, to watch + Greek, poma = cover, operculum (Ref. 45335); bianale: Named for the presence of two anal plates (Latin 'bi' for two and 'analis' from anal).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: Rio Solimòes in Brazil and Río Ucayali in Peru.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.4 cm TL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 26. This species is distinguished from its congeners by presence of two medial anal plates (vs. single medial anal plate) (Ref. 84367).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Aquino, A.E. and S.A. Schaefer, 2010. Systematics of the genus Hypoptopoma Günther, 1868 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae). Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 336:1-110. (Ref. 84367)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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