Hypostomus ericius

{{Short description|Species of catfish}}

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| taxon = Hypostomus ericius

| authority = Armbruster, 2003

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Hypostomus ericius,{{Cite web |title=ITIS - Report: Hypostomus ericius |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=680167#null |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=www.itis.gov}} sometimes known as the beige cochliodon,{{Cite web |title=Hypostomus ericius • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog |url=https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=1323 |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=www.planetcatfish.com |language=en-gb}} is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the upper Amazon River drainage in Peru. The species reaches 18.7 cm (7.4 inches) in standard length.{{Cite web |date=2022 |editor-last=Froese |editor-first=Rainer |editor2-last=Pauly |editor2-first=Daniel |title=Hypostomus ericius |url=https://www.fishbase.se/summary/62621 |website=FishBase}}

Hypostomus ericius was described in 2003 by Jonathan W. Armbruster (of Auburn University) alongside three other species of Hypostomus: H. hemicochliodon, H. pagei, and H. sculpodon. Its specific epithet, ericius, is derived from Latin and means "hedgehog", referring to the sharp odontodes displayed by the species.Armbruster, J.W. (2003). The species of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa, 249, 1-60.