WoRMS taxon details
Hypostomus Lacepède, 1803
Cochliodon Heckel, in Kner, 1854 · unaccepted
Hypostoma Spix, 1829 · unaccepted
Plecostomus Gronow in Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Plecostumus · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
- Species Hypostomus affinis (Steindachner, 1877)
- Species Hypostomus agna (Miranda Ribeiro, 1907)
- Species Hypostomus alatus Castelnau, 1855
- Species Hypostomus albopunctatus (Regan, 1908)
- Species Hypostomus ancistroides (Ihering, 1911)
- Species Hypostomus angipinnatus (Leege, 1922)
- Species Hypostomus annectens (Regan, 1904)
- Species Hypostomus arecuta Cardoso, Almirón, Casciotta, Aichino, Lizarralde & Montoya-Burgos, 2012
- Species Hypostomus argus (Fowler, 1943)
- Species Hypostomus asperatus Castelnau, 1855
- Species Hypostomus aspilogaster (Cope, 1894)
- Species Hypostomus atropinnis (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890)
- Species Hypostomus auroguttatus Kner, 1854
- Species Hypostomus basilisko Tencatt, Zawadzki & Froehlich, 2014
- Species Hypostomus bimbai Zawadzki & Penido, 2021
- Species Hypostomus bolivianus (Pearson, 1924)
- Species Hypostomus borellii (Boulenger, 1897)
- Species Hypostomus boulengeri (Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903)
- Species Hypostomus brevicauda (Günther, 1864)
- Species Hypostomus brevis (Nichols, 1919)
- Species Hypostomus cafuringa Soares, Aquino, Bagley, Langeani & Colli, 2021
- Species Hypostomus careopinnatus Martins, Marinho, Langeani & Serra, 2012
- Species Hypostomus carinatus (Steindachner, 1881)
- Species Hypostomus carvalhoi (Miranda Ribeiro, 1937)
- Species Hypostomus chrysostiktos Birindelli, Zanata & Lima, 2007
- Species Hypostomus cochliodon Kner, 1854
- Species Hypostomus commersoni Valenciennes, 1836
- Species Hypostomus coppenamensis Boeseman, 1969
- Species Hypostomus corantijni Boeseman, 1968
- Species Hypostomus cordovae (Günther, 1880)
- Species Hypostomus crassicauda Boeseman, 1968
- Species Hypostomus crulsi Soares, Aquino, Bagley, Langeani & Colli, 2021
- Species Hypostomus dardanelos Zawadzki & Carvalho, 2014
- Species Hypostomus delimai Zawadzki, de Oliveira & Debona, 2013
- Species Hypostomus denticulatus Zawadzki, Weber & Pavanelli, 2008
- Species Hypostomus derbyi (Haseman, 1911)
- Species Hypostomus dlouhyi Weber, 1985
- Species Hypostomus eptingi (Fowler, 1941)
- Species Hypostomus ericae Hollanda Carvalho & Weber, 2005
- Species Hypostomus ericius Armbruster, 2003
- Species Hypostomus faveolus Zawadzki, Birindelli & Lima, 2008
- Species Hypostomus fluviatilis (Schubart, 1964)
- Species Hypostomus fonchii Weber & Montoya-Burgos, 2002
- Species Hypostomus formosae Cardoso, Brancolini, Paracampo, Lizzaralde, Covain & Montoya-Burgos, 2016
- Species Hypostomus francisci (Lütken, 1874)
- Species Hypostomus freirei Penido, Pessali & Zawadzki, 2021
- Species Hypostomus froehlichi Zawadzki, Nardi & Tencatt, 2021
- Species Hypostomus garmani (Regan, 1904)
- Species Hypostomus goyazensis (Regan, 1908)
- Species Hypostomus guajupia Penido, Pessali & Zawadzki, 2021
- Species Hypostomus gymnorhynchus (Norman, 1926)
- Species Hypostomus hemicochliodon Armbruster, 2003
- Species Hypostomus hemiurus (Eigenmann, 1912)
- Species Hypostomus heraldoi Zawadzki, Weber & Pavanelli, 2008
- Species Hypostomus hermanni (Ihering, 1905)
- Species Hypostomus holostictus (Regan, 1913)
- Species Hypostomus hondae (Regan, 1912)
- Species Hypostomus hoplonites Rapp Py-Daniel, 1988
- Species Hypostomus iheringii (Regan, 1908)
- Species Hypostomus interruptus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1918)
- Species Hypostomus isbrueckeri Reis, Weber & Malabarba, 1990
- Species Hypostomus itacua Valenciennes, 1836
- Species Hypostomus jaguar Zanata, Sardeiro & Zawadzki, 2013
- Species Hypostomus jaguribensis (Fowler, 1915)
- Species Hypostomus johnii (Steindachner, 1877)
- Species Hypostomus khimaera Tencatt, Zawadzki & Froehlich, 2014
- Species Hypostomus kopeyaka Carvalho, Lima & Zawadzki, 2010
- Species Hypostomus krishnamurtii Zawadzki, Penido & Lucinda, 2020
- Species Hypostomus kuarup Zawadzki, Birindelli & Lima, 2012
- Species Hypostomus labyrinthus Oliveira, Ribeiro, Canto & Zawadzki, 2020
- Species Hypostomus laplatae (Eigenmann, 1907)
- Species Hypostomus latifrons Weber, 1986
- Species Hypostomus latirostris (Regan, 1904)
- Species Hypostomus leucophaeus Zanata & Pitanga, 2016
- Species Hypostomus levis (Pearson, 1924)
- Species Hypostomus lexi (Ihering, 1911)
- Species Hypostomus lima (Lütken, 1874)
- Species Hypostomus longiradiatus (Holly, 1929)
- Species Hypostomus luetkeni (Steindachner, 1877)
- Species Hypostomus luteomaculatus (Devincenzi, 1942)
- Species Hypostomus luteus (Godoy, 1980)
- Species Hypostomus macrophthalmus Boeseman, 1968
- Species Hypostomus macrops (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888)
- Species Hypostomus macushi Armbruster & de Souza, 2005
- Species Hypostomus margaritifer (Regan, 1908)
- Species Hypostomus melanephelis Zawadzki, Oliveira, Oliveira & Py-Daniel, 2015
- Species Hypostomus meleagris (Marini, Nichols & La Monte, 1933)
- Species Hypostomus micromaculatus Boeseman, 1968
- Species Hypostomus microstomus Weber, 1987
- Species Hypostomus multidens Jerep, Shibatta & Zawadzki, 2007
- Species Hypostomus mutucae Knaack, 1999
- Species Hypostomus myersi (Gosline, 1947)
- Species Hypostomus nematopterus Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1984
- Species Hypostomus niceforoi (Fowler, 1943)
- Species Hypostomus nickeriensis Boeseman, 1969
- Species Hypostomus niger (Marini, Nichols & La Monte, 1933)
- Species Hypostomus nigrolineatus Zawadzki, Carvalho, Birindelli & Azevedo, 2016
- Species Hypostomus nigromaculatus (Schubart, 1964)
- Species Hypostomus nigropunctatus Garavello, Britski & Zawadzki, 2012
- Species Hypostomus nudiventris (Fowler, 1941)
- Species Hypostomus obtusirostris (Steindachner, 1907)
- Species Hypostomus occidentalis Boeseman, 1968
- Species Hypostomus oculeus (Fowler, 1943)
- Species Hypostomus pagei Armbruster, 2003
- Species Hypostomus pantherinus Kner, 1854
- Species Hypostomus papariae (Fowler, 1941)
- Species Hypostomus paranensis Weyenbergh, 1877
- Species Hypostomus pastinhai Zawadzki & Penido, 2021
- Species Hypostomus paucimaculatus Boeseman, 1968
- Species Hypostomus paucipunctatus Hollanda Carvalho & Weber, 2005
- Species Hypostomus paulinus (Ihering, 1905)
- Species Hypostomus peckoltoides Zawadzki, Weber & Pavanelli, 2010
- Species Hypostomus perdido Zawadzki, Tencatt & Froehlich, 2014
- Species Hypostomus piratatu Weber, 1986
- Species Hypostomus plecostomoides (Eigenmann, 1922)
- Species Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Hypostomus pospisili (Schultz, 1944)
- Species Hypostomus pseudohemiurus Boeseman, 1968
- Species Hypostomus punctatus Valenciennes, 1840
- Species Hypostomus pusarum (Starks, 1913)
- Species Hypostomus pyrineusi (Miranda Ribeiro, 1920)
- Species Hypostomus regani (Ihering, 1905)
- Species Hypostomus renestoi Zawadzki, da Silva & Troy, 2018
- Species Hypostomus rhantos Armbruster, Tansey & Lujan, 2007
- Species Hypostomus robertsoni Dias & Zawadzki, 2021
- Species Hypostomus robinii Valenciennes, 1840
- Species Hypostomus rondoni (Miranda Ribeiro, 1912)
- Species Hypostomus roseopunctatus Reis, Weber & Malabarba, 1990
- Species Hypostomus saramaccensis Boeseman, 1968
- Species Hypostomus scabriceps (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888)
- Species Hypostomus scaphyceps (Nichols, 1919)
- Species Hypostomus sculpodon Armbruster, 2003
- Species Hypostomus seminudus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888)
- Species Hypostomus sertanejo Zawadzki, Ramos & Sabaj Pérez, 2017
- Species Hypostomus simios Hollanda Carvalho & Weber, 2005
- Species Hypostomus sipaliwinii Boeseman, 1968
- Species Hypostomus soniae Hollanda Carvalho & Weber, 2005
- Species Hypostomus spiniger (Hensel, 1870)
- Species Hypostomus strigaticeps (Regan, 1908)
- Species Hypostomus subcarinatus Castelnau, 1855
- Species Hypostomus surinamensis Boeseman, 1968
- Species Hypostomus tapanahoniensis Boeseman, 1969
- Species Hypostomus taphorni (Lilyestrom, 1984)
- Species Hypostomus tapijara Oyakawa, Akama & Zanata, 2005
- Species Hypostomus ternetzi (Boulenger, 1895)
- Species Hypostomus tietensis (Ihering, 1905)
- Species Hypostomus topavae (Godoy, 1969)
- Species Hypostomus unae (Steindachner, 1878)
- Species Hypostomus uruguayensis Reis, Weber & Malabarba, 1990
- Species Hypostomus vaillanti (Steindachner, 1877)
- Species Hypostomus variipictus (Ihering, 1911)
- Species Hypostomus varimaculosus (Fowler, 1945)
- Species Hypostomus variostictus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1912)
- Species Hypostomus velhochico Zawadzki, Oyakawa & Britski, 2017
- Species Hypostomus ventromaculatus Boeseman, 1968
- Species Hypostomus vermicularis (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888)
- Species Hypostomus waiampi Hollanda Carvalho & Weber, 2005
- Species Hypostomus watwata Hancock, 1828
- Species Hypostomus weberi Carvalho, Lima & Zawadzki, 2010
- Species Hypostomus wilsoni (Eigenmann, 1918)
- Species Hypostomus winzi (Fowler, 1945)
- Species Hypostomus wuchereri (Günther, 1864)
- Species Hypostomus yaku Martins, Langeani & Zawadzki, 2014
- Species Hypostomus aburrensis Posada, 1909 accepted as Chaetostoma aburrensis (Posada, 1909)
- Species Hypostomus annae (Steindachner, 1881) accepted as Squaliforma annae (Steindachner, 1881)
- Species Hypostomus aurantiacus Castelnau, 1855 accepted as Parancistrus aurantiacus (Castelnau, 1855)
- Species Hypostomus barbatus Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Pseudancistrus barbatus (Valenciennes, 1840) (synonym)
- Species Hypostomus biseriatus (Cope, 1872) accepted as Squaliforma biseriata (Cope, 1872)
- Species Hypostomus brevitentaculatus Ranzani, 1841 accepted as Pterygoplichthys etentaculatus (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) (synonym)
- Species Hypostomus bufonius Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Ancistrus bufonius (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Species Hypostomus butantanis (Ihering, 1911) accepted as Hypostomus margaritifer (Regan, 1908) (junior synonym)
- Species Hypostomus calamita Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Ancistrus bufonius (Valenciennes, 1840) (junior synonym)
- Species Hypostomus chapare (Fowler, 1940) accepted as Aphanotorulus unicolor (Steindachner, 1908) (junior synonym)
- Species Hypostomus cirrhosus Valenciennes, 1836 accepted as Ancistrus cirrhosus (Valenciennes, 1836)
- Species Hypostomus comersoni Valenciennes, 1836 accepted as Hypostomus commersoni Valenciennes, 1836 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Hypostomus commersonii Valenciennes, 1836 accepted as Hypostomus commersoni Valenciennes, 1836 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Hypostomus commersonoides (Marini, Nichols & La Monte, 1933) accepted as Hypostomus laplatae (Eigenmann, 1907) (junior synonym)
- Species Hypostomus duodecimalis Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Pterygoplichthys etentaculatus (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) (synonym)
- Species Hypostomus emarginatus Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Squaliforma emarginata (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Species Hypostomus erinaceus Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Ancistrus erinaceus (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Species Hypostomus gomesi (Fowler, 1942) accepted as Squaliforma gomesi (Fowler, 1942)
- Species Hypostomus granosus Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Neoplecostomus granosus (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Species Hypostomus guacari Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Hypostomus guacharote Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Lasiancistrus guacharote (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Species Hypostomus guttatus Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Pseudancistrus barbatus (Valenciennes, 1840) (synonym)
- Species Hypostomus horridus Kner, 1854 accepted as Squaliforma horrida (Kner, 1854)
- Species Hypostomus karstenii Lütken, 1874 accepted as Ancistrus gymnorhynchus Kner, 1854 (ambiguous synonym)
- Species Hypostomus lacerta (Nichols, 1919) accepted as Kronichthys lacerta (Nichols, 1919)
- Species Hypostomus limosus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888) accepted as Hypostomus spiniger (Hensel, 1870)
- Species Hypostomus madeirae (Fowler, 1913) accepted as Aphanotorulus unicolor (Steindachner, 1908)
- Species Hypostomus micropunctatus (La Monte, 1935) accepted as Aphanotorulus unicolor (Steindachner, 1908) (junior synonym)
- Species Hypostomus multiradiatus Hancock, 1828 accepted as Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus (Hancock, 1828)
- Species Hypostomus nigricans Castelnau, 1855 accepted as Parancistrus aurantiacus (Castelnau, 1855)
- Species Hypostomus niveatus Castelnau, 1855 accepted as Baryancistrus niveatus (Castelnau, 1855) (synonym)
- Species Hypostomus nudiceps Müller & Troschel, 1849 accepted as Ancistrus nudiceps (Müller & Troschel, 1849)
- Species Hypostomus panamensis (Eigenmann, 1922) accepted as Hemiancistrus aspidolepis (Günther, 1867) (junior synonym)
- Species Hypostomus pardalis Castelnau, 1855 accepted as Pterygoplichthys pardalis (Castelnau, 1855)
- Species Hypostomus phrixosoma (Fowler, 1940) accepted as Squaliforma phrixosoma (Fowler, 1940) (senior synonym)
- Species Hypostomus pictus Castelnau, 1855 accepted as Lasiancistrus schomburgkii (Günther, 1864) (ambiguous synonym)
- Species Hypostomus popoi (Pearson, 1924) accepted as Aphanotorulus unicolor (Steindachner, 1908) (junior synonym)
- Species Hypostomus rachovii (Regan, 1913) accepted as Hypostomus laplatae (Eigenmann, 1907)
- Species Hypostomus robini Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Hypostomus robinii Valenciennes, 1840 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Hypostomus scopularius (Cope, 1871) accepted as Squaliforma scopularia (Cope, 1871)
- Species Hypostomus serratus Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Pseudacanthicus serratus (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Species Hypostomus sipaliwini Boeseman, 1968 accepted as Hypostomus sipaliwinii Boeseman, 1968 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Hypostomus spinosus Castelnau, 1855 accepted as Pseudacanthicus spinosus (Castelnau, 1855)
- Species Hypostomus squalinus Jardine, 1841 accepted as Squaliforma squalina (Jardine, 1841) (senior synonym)
- Species Hypostomus taeniatus (Regan, 1908) accepted as Hypostomus laplatae (Eigenmann, 1907) (junior synonym)
- Species Hypostomus temminckii Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Ancistrus temminckii (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Species Hypostomus tenuicauda (Steindachner, 1878) accepted as Squaliforma tenuicauda (Steindachner, 1878)
- Species Hypostomus tenuis Boeseman, 1968 accepted as Squaliforma tenuis (Boeseman, 1968)
- Species Hypostomus unicolor (Steindachner, 1908) accepted as Aphanotorulus unicolor (Steindachner, 1908) (senior synonym)
- Species Hypostomus verres Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Hypostomus watwata Hancock, 1828 (junior synonym)
- Species Hypostomus vicinus Castelnau, 1855 accepted as Parancistrus aurantiacus (Castelnau, 1855)
- Species Hypostomus villarsi (Lütken, 1874) accepted as Squaliforma villarsi (Lütken, 1874)
- Species Hypostomus virescens (Cope, 1874) accepted as Squaliforma virescens (Cope, 1874)
Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Hypostomus Lacepède, 1803. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=269463 on 2024-06-08
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original description
Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629 [details]
taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]