| Hypostomus | |
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| Hypostomus plecostomus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypostominae |
| Tribe: | Hypostomini Kner, 1853 |
| Genus: | Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 |
| Type species | |
| Hypostomus guacari Lacépède, 1803
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| Synonyms | |
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Cheiridodus Eigenmann, 1922 | |
Hypostomus is a genus of catfish in the family Loricariidae. They are native to tropical and subtropical South America. H. plecostomus is the popular freshwater aquarium fish formerly known as Plecostomus plecostomus. The taxonomic structure of the Loricariidae is still being expanded by scientists. Hypostomus is a highly species-rich and widely distributed catfish genus.[1]
- ^ Jardim de Queiroz, Luiz; Cardoso, Yamila; Jacot-des-Combes, Cécile; Bahechar, Ilham Anne; Lucena, Carlos Alberto; Rapp Py-Daniel, Lucia; Sarmento Soares, Luisa Maria; Nylinder, Stephan; Oliveira, Claudio; Parente, Thiago Estevam; Torrente-Vilara, Gislene; Covain, Raphaël; Buckup, Paulo; Montoya-Burgos, Juan I. (2020-04-01). "Evolutionary units delimitation and continental multilocus phylogeny of the hyperdiverse catfish genus Hypostomus". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 145: 106711. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106711. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 31857199. S2CID 209428047.