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Scientific Name | Hypostomus pusarum (Starks, 1913) |
Common Names | Jaguribe Pleco Pumpkin Pleco, Orange Sugemalle (Denmark), Orangegul Sugemalle (Denmark) |
Type Locality | Ceará-Mirim River, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. |
Synonym(s) | Ancistrus salgadae, Plecostomus carvalhoi, Plecostomus jaguribensis, Plecostomus nudiventris, Plecostomus plecostomus papariae, Plecostomus pusarum |
Pronunciation | hi POSS tow muss |
Etymology | Greek, hypo = under + Greek, stoma = mouth. |
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Size | 203mm or 8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
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Distribution | South America: coastal drainages of northern Brazil. Ceará State Rivers, Jaguaribe (click on these areas to find other species found there) Southern Atlantic Draining Rivers, North East Brazil Coastal Rivers, Rio Grande do Norte Waters (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) Piauí Rivers, Parnaíba (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 2018. |
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Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
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Reference | Leland Stanford Jr. University Publications, University Series, pp36, Pl. 6. |
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Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:05 (species record created: 2011 Sep 23 08:20) |