Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Hypancistrus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

South America: Río Orinoco in Venezuela.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Fisch-Muller, Sonia | Collaborators

Armbruster, J.W., N.K. Lujan and D.C. Taphorn, 2007. Four new Hypancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Amazonas, Veneuzela. Copeia 2007(1):62-79. (Ref. 57950)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 August 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

FAO -

Hypancistrus furunculus Armbruster, Lujan & Taphorn, 2007