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Hypostominae
The Hypostominae are a subfamily of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Loricariidae. Most members of the subfamily are restricted to tropical and subtropical South America, but there are also several species (in genera Ancistrus, Chaetostoma, Lasiancistrus, Leptoancistrus and Hemiancistrus) in southern Central America. Hypostomus plecostomus, which is popular in the aquarium trade, has been introduced to several regions far from its native range.
46 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 511 known species
Sailfin Catfishes
genusPterygoplichthys
Typical Plecos
genusHypostomus
Bristlenose Catfishes
genusAncistrus
Bristlemouths
genusChaetostoma
Panaque
genusPanaque
Aphanotorulus
genusAphanotorulus
Panaqolus
genusPanaqolus
Hemiancistrus
genusHemiancistrus
Peckoltia
genusPeckoltia
Acanthicus
genusAcanthicus
Pseudacanthicus
genusPseudacanthicus
Lasiancistrus
genusLasiancistrus
Hypancistrus
genusHypancistrus
Isorineloricaria
genusIsorineloricaria
Guyanancistrus
genusGuyanancistrus
Pseudancistrus
genusPseudancistrus
Baryancistrus
genusBaryancistrus
Paralithoxus
genusParalithoxus
Cordylancistrus
genusCordylancistrus
Scobinancistrus
genusScobinancistrus
Megalancistrus
genusMegalancistrus
Leporacanthicus
genusLeporacanthicus
Dekeyseria
genusDekeyseria
Leptoancistrus
genusLeptoancistrus
Andeancistrus
genusAndeancistrus
Dolichancistrus
genusDolichancistrus
Pseudolithoxus
genusPseudolithoxus
Peckoltichthys
genusPeckoltichthys
Transancistrus
genusTransancistrus
Exastilithoxus
genusExastilithoxus
Paulasquama
genusPaulasquama
Spectracanthicus
genusSpectracanthicus
Corymbophanes
genusCorymbophanes
Hopliancistrus
genusHopliancistrus
Parancistrus
genusParancistrus
Neblinichthys
genusNeblinichthys
Pseudoqolus
genusPseudoqolus
Cryptancistrus
genusCryptancistrus
Lithoxancistrus
genusLithoxancistrus
Yaluwak
genusYaluwak
Colossimystax
genusColossimystax
Stellantia
genusStellantia
Avalithoxus
genusAvalithoxus
Araichthys
genusAraichthys
Ancistomus
genusAncistomus
Lithoxus
genusLithoxus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 788573.