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Hypomasticus
Hypomasticus is a genus of headstander native to tropical South America.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 17 known species

Grant's Headstander
speciesHypomasticus granti

Hypomasticus nijsseni
speciesHypomasticus nijsseni

Hypomasticus lebaili
speciesHypomasticus lebaili

Hypomasticus copelandii
speciesHypomasticus copelandii

Hypomasticus despaxi
speciesHypomasticus despaxi

Hypomasticus torrenticola
speciesHypomasticus torrenticola

Lipstick leporinus
speciesHypomasticus arcus

Hypomasticus megalepis
speciesHypomasticus megalepis

Hypomasticus gomesi
speciesHypomasticus gomesi

Hypomasticus melanostictus
speciesHypomasticus melanostictus
Hypomasticus mormyrops
speciesHypomasticus mormyrops

Hypomasticus steindachneri
speciesHypomasticus steindachneri
Hypomasticus tepui
speciesHypomasticus tepui
Hypomasticus lineomaculatus
speciesHypomasticus lineomaculatus
Hypomasticus santanai
speciesHypomasticus santanai
Hypomasticus thayeri
speciesHypomasticus thayeri
Hypomasticus santosi
speciesHypomasticus santosi
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 89016.