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SpeciesSiluriformesLoricariidae
Fish

🐟Hypostomus plecostomus

Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hypostomus plecostomus est une espèce de poissons de la famille des Loricariidae qui vit dans la partie basse des cours d'eau du plateau des Guyanes.

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Measurements
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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2023.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
0.28 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Hypostomus plecostomus

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body length
0.28 mrecord 0.25 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Trophic level
2.5
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
omnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 2.5 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Hypostomus plecostomus yet: body mass, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderSiluriformes
  4. ›familyLoricariidae
  5. ›genusHypostomus
  6. ›speciesHypostomus plecostomus
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. orderSiluriformes
  3. suborderLoricaroidei
  4. familyLoricariidae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. superorderCharaciphysae
  10. orderSiluriformes
  11. suborderLoricaroidei
  12. familyLoricariidae
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下口鯰 (zh), Hypostomus plecostomus (es), Hypostomus plecostomus (ca), Paprastasis gerklažiotis šamukas (lt), Hypostomus plecostomus (it), Hypostomus plecostomus (nl) … and 16 more languages

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