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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Hypostomus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335); minotauros: Name from Latinized Greek meaning Minotaur (Greek classical mythology being a man with a bull head, son of Pasiphaë with the divine white bull of Poseidon), referring to the stout and blunt
head of the new species; noun in apposition.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 132487)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished by the following characters: dental crowns with ellipsoidal medial cusps and angle between dentaries usually larger than 80°; body size moderate and deep; head deep, its depth 20.0-22.7 % of SL and 59.1-67.3 % of HL; mandibulary ramus short, 19.0-24.0 % of HL; eyes large (orbital diameter 18.9-24.6 % of HL); no keels on lateral series of plates; no hypertrophied odontodes on flanks; uniform pectoral-fin spine diameter along its length; with a flap-shaped median buccal papilla; supraorbital not raised; anterior portion of abdomen partially naked. Colouration: body with large and faded dark blotches over a clearer background (Ref. 132487).
Cross section: oval.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Zawadzki, C.H., I.S. Penido, T.C. Pessali and P.H.F. Lucinda, 2024. A new blunt-headed species of Hypostomus (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the Rio Tocantins basin. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, IEF-1194: 1-10. (Ref. 132487)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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