Hypostomus topavae

{{Short description|Species of catfish}}

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| image = Hypostomus topavae.jpg

| image_caption = Specimen from the Uberaba River, Paraná. Scale bar 10 mm.

| taxon = Hypostomus topavae

| authority = (Godoy, 1969)

| synonyms = *Plecostomus topavae

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Hypostomus topavae{{Cite web |title=ITIS - Report: Hypostomus topavae |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=680250#null |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=www.itis.gov}} is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Paraná River drainage, including the Rio Grande basin.Angelica C. Dias, A. C. Dias, & Cláudio H. Zawadzki, C. H. Zawadzki. (0000). Identification key and pictures of the Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the rio Ivaí, upper rio Paraná basin. Check list, 14, 393-414. doi: 10.15560/14.2.393 The species is very large for a loricariid, reaching 70 cm (27.6 inches) SL.{{Cite web |date=2022 |editor-last=Froese |editor-first=Rainer |editor2-last=Pauly |editor2-first=Daniel |title=Hypostomus topavae |url=https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Hypostomus-topavae |website=FishBase}}