Hypostomus niceforoi

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status_system=IUCN3.1

| status=DD

| status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Velasquez, M. |author2=Chocano, L. |date=2016 |title=Hypostomus niceforoi |volume=2016 |page=e.T49830464A53818408 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T49830464A53818408.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| taxon=Hypostomus niceforoi

| authority = (Fowler, 1943)

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| synonyms={{species list

|Hemiancistrus niceforoi|Fowler, 1943}}

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Hypostomus niceforoi is a species of suckermouth armored catfish. H. niceforoi reaches 13.5 cm (5.3 inches) SL 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 niceforoi |url=https://www.fishbase.se/summary/48937 |website=FishBase}}

Taxonomic history

This species was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1943. The holotype was donated to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by {{ill|Brother Nicéforo María|de|Hermano Nicéforo María|es|Hermano Nicéforo María}}, after whom the specific name is named. Its type locality is Florencia, Colombia, in the Orteguaza River. Fowler placed the species in the genus Hemiancistrus. Isaäc J. H. Isbrücker transferred this species to Hypostomus in 1980.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Japurá River basin in South America. A fish labeled Hypostomus cf. niceforoi has been found in Nicaragua; it is thought their introduction to Lake Nicaragua as an invasive species is due to the aquarium trade. H. cf. niceforoi have also been found in the San Marcos River, Texas.

References

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{{cite journal|last1=Fowler|first1=Henry W.|title=A Collection of Fresh-Water Fishes from Colombia, Obtained Chiefly by Brother Nicéforo Maria|journal=Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia|date=1943|volume=95|pages=223–266|jstor=4064347}}

{{cite journal|last1=Matamoros|first1=Wilfredo A.|last2=McMahan|first2=Caleb D.|last3=Mejia|first3=Carlos R.|last4=House|first4=Parker H.|last5=Armbruster|first5=Jonathan W.|last6=Chakrabarty|first6=Prosanta|title=First Record of the Non-Native Suckermouth Armored Catfish Hypostomus cf. niceforoi (Fowler 1943) (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Central America|journal=Occasional Papers of the LSU Museum of Natural Science|date=2016|volume=87|pages=1–12|url=https://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/mnspapers/files/2016/07/No87-Matamoros-et-al-2016.pdf}}

{{cite journal|last1=Isbrücker|first1=I. J. H.|title=Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)|journal=Verslagen en Technische Gegevens|date=1980|volume=22|page=28|url=http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506366|publisher=Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum), Universiteit van Amsterdam}}

{{cite journal|last1=Cook-Hildreth|first1=Luci|last2=Bonner|first2=Timothy|last3=Huffman|first3=David|title=Female reproductive biology of an exotic suckermouth armored catfish (Loricariidae) in the San Marcos River, Hays Co., Texas, with observations on environmental triggers|journal=BioInvasions Records|date=2016|volume=5|issue=3|pages=173–183|doi=10.3391/bir.2016.5.3.09|doi-access=free}}

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Further reading

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  • {{cite book|first1=Roberto E. |last1=Reis|first2=Sven O. |last2=Kullander|first3=Carl J. |last3=Ferraris, Jr.|title=Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9tiDHrzxf9QC&pg=PA360|year=2003|publisher=EDIPUCRS|location=Porto Alegre|isbn=978-85-7430-361-1|page=360}}

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niceforoi

Category:Catfish of South America

Category:Freshwater fish of Colombia

Category:Fish described in 1943

Category:Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler

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