/siluriformes/loricariidae/hypostomus/sculpodon/1.jpg "Hypostomus sculpodon")
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Hypostomus sculpodon Armbruster, 2003 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Piedra Carguana, 1°58.611N, 66°32.359'W, Depto. Río Negro, Río Negro drainage, Ríp Casiquiare, Amazonas, Venezuela. |
| Pronunciation | hi POSS tow muss - skull poe don |
| Etymology | Greek, hypo = under + Greek, stoma = mouth. The specific epithet is from the Latin, sculpo, meaning to carve, cut, grave, or chisel in stone, brass, or wood and from the Greek, odon, for tooth in reference to the ability of the species to chisel wood with the teeth. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 240mm or 9.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Distinguished from all other members of the Hypostomus cochliodon group except H. hemicochliodon by having a buccal papilla and intermediately developed teeth (juveniles of H. cochliodon and H. taphorni occasionally also have intermediate teeth). Differs from H. hemicochliodon by having brownish-red coloration with widely spaced spots vs. dark brown with closely spaced spots, by having a smaller dorsal-anal length to anal-fin length ratio (average=79.2%, 69.6-89.7% vs. average=111.1%, 92.5-132.6%) and almost completely by having a smaller interorbital width/HL ratio (average=51.4%, 38.5-45.4% vs. average=49.9%, 44.1-55.6%) [Ed note: There is no way to get an average of 51.4 from a range of 38.5-45.4, so the more likely number is 41.4%] |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Upper Rio Negro and upper Rio Orinoco basins in Venezuela. Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro, Upper Negro (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco, Upper Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Zootaxa No. 249, pp 49, Fig. 21. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.4.17.1332 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 02 01:40 (species record created: 2004 Aug 07 00:00) |
