Hisonotus
Hisonotus paulinus
Hisonotus is a genus of catfish family of armored catfish ( Loricariidae ) and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae. There are about 30 species that are found in northern South America.
Features
Hisonotus species are small, somewhat stocky armored catfish that reach body lengths of 3 to 6 cm and remember in their body shape, known from the Aquaristik genus Otocinclus. A characteristic feature of the genus is the armored with numerous, irregular bony plates belly. An adipose fin is missing always. In the rostrum ( snout ), no enlarged Odonten find ( teeth ).
Species
To date, more than 30 valid species have been described:
- Hisonotus aky ( Azpelicueta, Casciotta, Almirón & Koerber, 2004)
- Hisonotus armatus Carvalho, Lehmann A., Pereira & Reis, 2008
- Hisonotus Bocaiuva Roxo, Silva, Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2013
- Hisonotus bock manni Carvalho & Datovo, 2012
- Hisonotus brunneus Carvalho & Rice, 2011
- Hisonotus Carreiro Carvalho & Rice, 2011
- Hisonotus charrua Almirón, Azpelicueta, Casciotta & Litz, 2006
- Hisonotus chromodontus Britski & Garavello, 2007.
- Hisonotus depressicauda ( Miranda - Ribeiro, 1918)
- Hisonotus depressinotus ( Miranda - Ribeiro, 1918)
- Hisonotus francirochai ( Jhering, 1928)
- Hisonotus heterosexual gaster Carvalho & Rice, 2011
- Hisonotus hungy Azpelicueta, Almirón, Casciotta & Koerber, 2007
- Hisonotus insperatus Britski & Garavello, 2003
- Hisonotus iota Carvalho & Rice, 2009
- Hisonotus laevior Cope, 1894
- Hisonotus leucofrenatus ( Miranda - Ribeiro, 1908)
- Hisonotus leucophrys Carvalho & Rice, 2009
- Hisonotus luteofrenatus Britski & Garavello, 2007.
- Hisonotus maculipinnis ( Regan, 1912)
- Hisonotus megaloplax Carvalho & Rice, 2009
- Hisonotus montanus Carvalho & Rice, 2009
- Hisonotus nigricauda ( Boulenger, 1891)
- Hisonotus notatus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
- Hisonotus notopagos Carvalho & Rice, 2011
- Hisonotus oliveirai Roxo et al., 2014
- Hisonotus Paresi Roxo et al., 2014
- Hisonotus paulinus ( Regan, 1908)
- Hisonotus Piracanjuba de Oliveira Martins & Langeani, 2012
- Hisonotus prata Carvalho & Rice, 2011
- Hisonotus taimensis ( Buckup, 1981)
- Hisonotus vireo Carvalho & Rice, 2011