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| Scientific Name | Hypoptopoma gulare Cope, 1878 |
| Common Name(s) | Giant Otocinclus |
| Type Locality | Loreto, Río Marañón, Peruvian Amazon, Peru. |
| Pronunciation | hi POP toe po mah |
| Etymology | Hypoptopoma is derived from hypos (low position, below). piptein (depressed). poma (cheek) |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 105mm or 4.1" 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 | Amazon River basin: Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela. Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there)  (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 17 (no. 101) |
| Registered Keepers | (1) Black_flys (k: 6), (2) NielsV (k: 5), (3) msjinkzd (k: 30), (4) sumer, (5) Sean B, (6) Cheep-Cheep (k: 7), (7) Mvinyl (k: 3), (8) Rcs, (9) DHarris, (10) cawnov. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2011 Jan 21 03:21 (species record created: 2010 Aug 20 10:55) |
