Hisonotus iota • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	**Hisonotus iota** Carvalho & Reis, 2009
Common Name
Type Locality	Coronel de Freitas, rio Chapecó at vila São Miguel on road from Coronel de Freitas to Quilombo, rio Uruguay basin, 26°51'26''S, 52°44'29''W, Santa Catarina State, Brazil.
Pronunciation	hi sow note uss
Etymology	(Greek)Isos=equal + (Greek)noton=back.
Species Information
Size	33mm or 1.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Hisonotus iota differs from its congeners, except from Hisonotus hungy, by the lower lateral plate count 20–22 vs. 22–29 lateral plates, and by the lower vertebral count 25–26 vs. 27–32 vertebrae. It differs from Hisonotus hungy by having an infraorbital canal entering the infraorbital series via the compound pterotic vs. infraorbital canal entering the infraorbital series via the sphenotic.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Known only from the type locality in rio Chapecó. La Plata, Uruguay, Upper Uruguay, Chapecó (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view species occurence data on a map.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Zootaxa No. 2113, pp 4, Figs. 2, 3A, 4, 5A, 6A, 7.
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Last Update	2019 Oct 13 03:24 (species record created: 2009 Sep 18 17:24)