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| Scientific Name | Hypostomus pagei Armbruster, 2003 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | About 12 km north of Aroa on hwy 3, 10°30'31 |
| Pronunciation | hi POSS tow muss - page eye |
| Etymology | Greek, hypo = under + Greek, stoma = mouth. Named for Dr. Lawrence M. Page not least becuase he helped to collect the majority of the specimens of this species that lead to its description. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 188mm (7.4") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Light, gray brown color with the spots considerably faded or absent. Juveniles have caudal fin darkest along both spines and at the base, clear medially, a color pattern not found in any other members of the Hypostomus cochliodon group. Most similar to H. hondae and H. plecostomoides but differs by the general absence of spots on the caudal fin and/or caudal-fin spines (H. pagei may have very faint spots on the caudal-fin spines; some H. plecostomoides lack spots on the caudal-fin spines, but the spines are almost black instead of light gray-brown) and by having shorter pectoral-fin spine (reaching 0-1 plates beyond pelvic fin when depressed below the pelvic fin vs. 2-3 plates with the exception of one specimen of H. pagei that has pectoral-fin spines reaching two plates beyond the pelvic fin and the one specimen of H. plecostomoides examined from the Lago Valencia drainage that has pectoral-fin spines that do not reach beyond the pelvic fin) |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Venezuela in the Rio Aroa, Rio Tocuyo and Rio Yaracuy basins. Aroa (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Yaracuy (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Tocuyo (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Zootaxa 39 |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2007 Mar 20 15:22 (species record created: 2006 Dec 24 11:40) |
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