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La Plata Pleco
Hypostomus laplatae
Hypostomus laplatae is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Río de la Plata basin. Specimens of H. laplatae have been collected from two rivers, both of which are reported to have sandy substrates and moderate current.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 616472.