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| Scientific Name | Hypostomus scaphyceps (Nichols, 1919) |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Cerqueira Cezar, Estado de São Paulo, Brazil. |
| Synonym(s) | Plecostomus scaphyceps |
| Pronunciation | hi POSS tow muss |
| Etymology | Greek, hypo = under + Greek, stoma = mouth. |
| Species Information | |
| General Remarks | Fishbase and CLOFFSCA lists 35mm SL - but that's listed as "Juvenile" by CLOFFSCA... |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Paranapanema River basin. La Plata  , Paraná , Paranapanema (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Rev. Mus. Paulistav. 11 - pp416 [8], 425 [8] |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2006 Jul 28 08:51 (species record created: 2006 Dec 24 23:23) |
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