Guianas, and Trinidad and Tobago. Confusingly, the name Hypostomus plecostomus (or Plecostomus plecostomus) has sometimes been incorrectly used for several more-or-less...
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aquarium fish. These include: Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps Hypostomus plecostomus Hypostomus punctatus Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus Pterygoplichthys...
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formerly known as Plecostomus plecostomus. The taxonomic structure of the Loricariidae is still being expanded by scientists. Hypostomus is a highly species-rich...
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name "plecostomus", and its shortened forms "pleco" and "plec", are used for many Loricariidae, since Plecostomus plecostomus (now called Hypostomus plecostomus)...
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centimetres (12 in) TL. Hypostomus punctatus is difficult to distinguish from closely related species, such as Hypostomus plecostomus. Identification is relatively...
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Plecostomus, pleco, or plec refers to several species of freshwater loricariid catfish commonly sold as aquarium fish: Hypostomus plecostomus Hypostomus...
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(suckers): freshwater fish found mostly in North America the species Hypostomus plecostomus (the suckermouth catfish), or other members of family Loricariidae...
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of armored catfish (family Loricariidae), most notably: Hypostomus plecostomus, and Hypostomus punctatus, two species of armored catfish popular with aquarists...
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It is sometimes confused with the Hypostomus plecostomus (another armored catfish known as the "common plecostomus"). The two species can be distinguished...
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environments by its burrowing activities. In this context its relative, Hypostomus plecostomus, has also been similarly implicated though it seems likely that...
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