Hypostomus formosae[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is a freshwater species native to South America, where it occurs in the Paraguay River basin. The species reaches at least 24.9 cm (9.8 inches) SL.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Hypostomus |
| Species: | H. formosae
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| Hypostomus formosae Cardoso, Brancolini, Paracampo, Lizzaralde, Covain & Montoya-Burgos, 2016
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H. formosae was described in 2016 by Yamila Paula Cardoso, Florencia Brancolini, Ariel Paracampo, Marta Lizarralde, Raphael Covain, and Juan I. Montoya-Burgos alongside a redescription of its congener Hypostomus boulengeri based on morphological and molecular analyses.[2] FishBase does not list this species.
The species' specific epithet, formosae, refers to Formosa Province in Argentina, not to Taiwan, unlike some species bearing the same specific epithet (such as Dendrocitta formosae).[3]
References
edit- ^ "WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Hypostomus formosae Cardoso, Brancolini, Paracampo, Lizzaralde, Covain & Montoya-Burgos, 2016". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ^ a b Cardoso, Y.P., Brancolini, F., Paracampo, A.H., Lizarralde, M.S., Covain, R., & Burgos, J.I. (2016). Hypostomus formosae, a new catfish species from the Paraguay River Basin with redescription of H. boulengeri (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters.
- ^ "Hypostomus formosae • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog". www.planetcatfish.com. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
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