Hypostomus luteus • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog • PlanetCatfish

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Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Hypostomus luteus** (Godoy, 1980)
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Rio Pelotas at Volta Grande Dois, Marcelino Ramos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Plecostomus luteus
Pronunciation	hi POSS tow muss - loo tee uss
Etymology	Greek, hypo = under + Greek, stoma = mouth. This specific epithet refers to its yellow (luteus=yellow) colouring.
Species Information
Size	360mm (14.2") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: upper Uruguay River basin. La Plata , Uruguay , Upper Uruguay (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
Temperature	23.0-24.0°C or 73.4-75.2°F (Show others within this range)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Relatório Técnico Eletrosul. - pp29 - Figs. 15-16
Registered Keepers	(1) Kenneth Wong. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species. Add this species to your "my cats" page.
Breeding Reports	None.
More Resources	- Search Planet Catfish for more on Hypostomus luteus - BBcode (for use in linking to this page from forum posts) - Look up Hypostomus luteus on AquaticRepublic.com - Look up Hypostomus luteus on Fishbase, I.T.I.S. or ispecies search. - URL (for use in linking to the species from anywhere on the web)
Hits	12776 hits.
Last Update	2008 Feb 17 09:50 (species record created: 2003 May 27 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Hypostomus luteus (Godoy, 1980)

Common Name(s)

None

Type Locality

Rio Pelotas at Volta Grande Dois, Marcelino Ramos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Synonym(s)

Plecostomus luteus

Pronunciation

hi POSS tow muss - loo tee uss

Etymology

Greek, hypo = under + Greek, stoma = mouth. This specific epithet refers to its yellow (luteus=yellow) colouring.

Species Information

Size

360mm (14.2") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Habitat Information

Distribution

South America: upper Uruguay River basin.
La Plata Show it on a map

, Uruguay

, Upper Uruguay (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)

Temperature

23.0-24.0°C or 73.4-75.2°F (Show others within this range)

Husbandry Information

Breeding

Unreported.

Further Information

References

Relatório Técnico Eletrosul. - pp29 - Figs. 15-16

Registered Keepers

(1) Kenneth Wong.

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Breeding Reports

None.

More Resources

- Search Planet Catfish for more on Hypostomus luteus
Link

- BBcode (for use in linking to this page from forum posts)
Look up AquaticRepublic.com

- Look up Hypostomus luteus on AquaticRepublic.com
Look up Fishbase

- Look up Hypostomus luteus on Fishbase, I.T.I.S. or ispecies search.
Link

- URL (for use in linking to the species from anywhere on the web)

Hits

12776 hits.

Last Update

2008 Feb 17 09:50 (species record created: 2003 May 27 00:00)

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