Hisonotus armatus Carvalho, Lehmann A., Pereira & Reis, 2008
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Hisonotus armatus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae, the cascudinhos. This catfish occurs widely in the darinage of the Lagoa dos Patos in Rio Grande do Sul in southeastern Brazil. H. armatus is found in rivers and streams with low to moderate flows, in clear to brown water running over sandy substrate and within marginal or submerged aquatic vegetation. This species is wholly sympatric with H. laevior. H. armatus reaches a total length of 6 cm (2.4 in).
Wikipedia contributors, Hisonotus armatus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:48:49.803186+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hisonotus armatus Carvalho, Lehmann A., Pereira & Reis, 2008
- Name authority
- Carvalho, Lehmann A., Pereira & Reis, 2008
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Genus
- Hisonotus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSiluriformes
- familyLoricariidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyHypoptopomatinae Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890
- genusHisonotus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
- speciesHisonotus armatus Carvalho, Lehmann A., Pereira & Reis, 2008
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hisonotus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hisonotus aky (Azpelicueta, Casciotta, Almirón & Koerber, 2004) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hisonotus carreiro Carvalho & Reis, 2011 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hisonotus charrua Almirón, Azpelicueta, Casciotta & Litz, 2006 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hisonotus depressicauda (Miranda Ribeiro, 1918) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hisonotus depressinotus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1918) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hisonotus francirochai (Ihering, 1928) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hisonotus hungy Azpelicueta, Almirón, Casciotta & Koerber, 2007 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hisonotus iota Carvalho & Reis, 2009 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hisonotus leucofrenatus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1908) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hisonotus maculipinnis (Regan, 1912) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hisonotus nigricauda (Boulenger, 1891) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hisonotus notatus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Carvalho, T. P., Lehmann A, P., Pereira, E. H. L., & Reis, R. E. (2008). A New Species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the Laguna dos Patos Basin, Southern Brazil. Copeia, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1643/ci-07-130 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3M4V7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.