Hisonotus
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Three specimens of Hisonotus acuen , each photographed from above and from the side. |
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Hisonotus is a genus from the catfish family of armor catfish (Loricariidae) and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae . There are around 30 species that are common in northern South America.
features
Hisonotus species are small, somewhat stocky armored catfish that reach body lengths of 3 to 6 cm and are reminiscent of the Otocinclus genus known from aquaristics . Characteristic of the genus is the belly armored with numerous, irregular bone plates. An adipose fin is always missing. There are no enlarged odonts (teeth) on the rostrum (snout).
species
To date, over 30 valid species have been described:
- Hisonotus acuen Silva, Roxo & Oliveira, 2014
- Hisonotus aky (Azpelicueta, Casciotta, Almirón & Koerber, 2004)
- Hisonotus alberti Roxo et al., 2016
- Hisonotus armatus Carvalho, Lehmann A., Pereira & Reis, 2008
- Hisonotus bocaiuva Roxo, Silva, Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2013
- Hisonotus bockmanni Carvalho & Datovo, 2012
- Hisonotus brunneus Carvalho & Reis, 2011
- Hisonotus carreiro Carvalho & Reis, 2011
- Hisonotus charrua Almirón, Azpelicueta, Casciotta & Litz, 2006
- Hisonotus chromodontus Britski & Garavello, 2007 .
- Hisonotus depressicauda (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918)
- Hisonotus depressinotus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918)
- Hisonotus devidei Roxo et al., 2018
- Hisonotus francirochai (Ihering, 1928)
- Hisonotus heterogaster Carvalho & Reis, 2011
- Hisonotus hungy Azpelicueta, Almirón, Casciotta & Koerber, 2007
- Hisonotus iota Carvalho & Reis, 2009
- Hisonotus jumaorum Dias et al., 2018
- Hisonotus laevior Cope, 1894
- Hisonotus leucofrenatus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908)
- Hisonotus leucophrys Carvalho & Reis, 2009
- Hisonotus maculipinnis (Regan, 1912)
- Hisonotus megaloplax Carvalho & Reis, 2009
- Hisonotus montanus Carvalho & Reis, 2009
- Hisonotus nigricauda (Boulenger, 1891)
- Hisonotus notatus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 , type species
- Hisonotus notopagos Carvalho & Reis, 2011
- Hisonotus pachysarkos Zawadzki et al., 2016
- Hisonotus paulinus (Regan, 1908)
- Hisonotus prata Carvalho & Reis, 2011
- Hisonotus ringueleti Aquino, Schaefer & Miquelarena, 2001
- Hisonotus taimensis (Buckup, 1981)
- Hisonotus thayeri Martins & Langeani, 2016
- Hisonotus vespuccii Roxo et al., 2015
- Hisonotus vireo Carvalho & Reis, 2011
literature
- Hans-Jochim Franke: Handbook of Welskunde. Urania-Verlag, 1985.
- Axel Zarske: Hisonotus. In: Claus Schaefer, Torsten Schröer (Hrsg.): The large lexicon of aquaristics. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-7497-9 , p. 482 f.
Web links
Commons : Hisonotus - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Hisonotus on Fishbase.org (English)