Hypostomus macrophthalmus

{{Short description|Species of catfish}}

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| taxon = Hypostomus macrophthalmus

| authority = Boeseman, 1968

| synonyms = *Hypostomus pseudohemiurus macrophthalmus

}}

Hypostomus macrophthalmus{{Cite web |title=ITIS - Report: Hypostomus macrophthalmus |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=680197#null |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=www.itis.gov}} is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Sipaliwini River basin in Suriname. The species reaches {{cvt|7.9|cm|in}} in standard length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.{{Cite web |date=2022 |editor-last=Froese |editor-first=Rainer |editor2-last=Pauly |editor2-first=Daniel |title=Hypostomus macrophthalmus |url=https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Hypostomus-macrophthalmus.html |website=FishBase}}