Hypostomus pusarum

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| image = Hypostomus pusarum.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite iucn|title=Cascudo, Hypostomus pusarum|page=e.T186330A1811421|last=Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio)|year=2022|access-date=19 January 2023|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T186330A1811421.pt}}

| genus = Hypostomus

| species = pusarum

| authority = (Starks, 1913)

| synonyms = *Plecostomus pusarum

}}

Hypostomus pusarum{{ITIS|id=680225|taxon=Hypostomus pusarum|access-date=24 August 2022}} is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the coastal drainages of northern Brazil, including the state of Ceará.{{Cite web |title=Hypostomus pusarum • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog |url=https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=3944 |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=www.planetcatfish.com |language=en-gb}} The species reaches 20.3 cm (8 inches) in total 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 pusarum |url=https://www.fishbase.se/summary/48950 |website=FishBase}}