PlanetCatfish.com - Hypoptopoma incognitum (Loricariidae) Cat-eLog

Rio Nhamundá, Brazil
MUSM 36735, 70mm SL, Rio Las Piedras, Madre de Dios basin, Peru

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Hypoptopoma incognitum** Aquino & Schaefer, 2010
Common Names	Giant Otocinclus Spidshovedet Dværgsugemalle (Denmark)
Type Locality	Río Itenez, opposite to Costa Marques, Beni, Bolivia.
Type Locality Notes	Type locality from specimen on record at GBIF (occurence 1889105691), collected by RM Bailey & R Ramos in September 1964.
Pronunciation	hi POP toe po mah
Etymology	Hypoptopoma is derived from hypos (low position, below). piptein (depressed). poma (cheek)
Species Information
Size	95mm or 3.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Hypoptopoma are small(ish) loricariids with a stocky body with a wide, flattened, head with the eyes on the side of the head and a concave profile, with a normal (not extremely thin) tail.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: across the central and lower Rio Amazonas basin; including Rio Tocantins basin. It is the only species known for northeastern coastal rivers. Amazon, Lower Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes) (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins (click on these areas to find other species found there) Southern Atlantic Draining Rivers, North East Brazil Coastal Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Lower Amazon, Nhamundá (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Madre de Dios (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Mamoré, Guaporé (Iténez) (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	Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History No. 336, pp 70, Fig. 36.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:11 (species record created: 2009 Mar 02 15:10)