Hypostomus salgadae
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| Hypostomus salgadae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Hypostomus |
| Species: | H. salgadae |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypostomus salgadae (Fowler, 1941) | |
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Hypostomus salgadae is a disputed species of catfish in the family Loricariidae that may be synonymous with the species Hypostomus carvalhoi.[1] It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Jaguaribe River basin in Brazil. FishBase reports the maximum length of the species as 2 cm (0.8 inches) in standard length, but it is likely that the species can exceed this size. It is believed to be a facultative or obligate air-breather.[2]
H. salgadae was originally described as Ancistrus salgadae by Henry Weed Fowler in 1941. A 2015 review conducted by Jonathan W. Armbruster, David C. Werneke, and Milton Tan reclassified the species as Hypostomus salgadae.[3] In 2017, Cláudio H. Zawadzki, Telton P. A. Ramos, and Mark H. Sabaj Pérez suggested that H. salgadae is a junior synonym of H. carvalhoi.[1] Despite this, some authorities consider Ancistrus salgadae to be the correct name.[2][4][5]