Hypostomus arecuta Cardoso, Almirón, Casciotta, Aichino, Lizarralde & Montoya-Burgos, 2012
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
Hypostomus arecuta is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Hypostominae, the suckermouth catfishes. This catfish occurs occurs in the Paraná River in Argentina.
H. arecuta is typically found in coastal areas of the main river channel, in areas with a high oxygen concentration, moderate currents (around 0.6 m/s) and substrates composed of sand, pebbles, and large sandstone boulders. The water in which H. arecuta occurs is reported to usually have a transparency of 1.5 to 2.4 m (possibly referring to visibility) and a conductivity of 50.9 to 59.6 μS/cm.
H. arecuta reaches 24.3 cm (9.6 inches) SL and is believed to be a facultative air-breather. It is known to be sympatric with multiple other Hypostomus species, including H. commersoni, H. cochliodon, H. uruguayensis, H. latifrons, H. ternetzi, H. luteomaculatus, H. microstomus, and H. boulengeri. Its specific epithet, arecuta, derives from the Guarani word arecutá, which means "loricariid fish".
Wikipedia contributors, Hypostomus arecuta; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:52:21.613142+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hypostomus arecuta Cardoso, Almirón, Casciotta, Aichino, Lizarralde & Montoya-Burgos, 2012
- Name authority
- Cardoso, Almirón, Casciotta, Aichino, Lizarralde & Montoya-Burgos, 2012
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Genus
- Hypostomus
- 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
- subfamilyHypostominae Kner, 1853
- tribeHypostomini Kner, 1853
- genusHypostomus Lacepède, 1803
- speciesHypostomus arecuta Cardoso, Almirón, Casciotta, Aichino, Lizarralde & Montoya-Burgos, 2012
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hypostomus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hypostomus alatus Castelnau, 1855 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypostomus albopunctatus (Regan, 1908) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypostomus ancistroides (Ihering, 1911) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypostomus annectens (Regan, 1904) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypostomus aspilogaster (Cope, 1894) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypostomus boulengeri (Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypostomus brevicauda (Günther, 1864) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypostomus crassicauda Boeseman, 1968 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypostomus derbyi (Haseman, 1911) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypostomus ericius Armbruster, 2003 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypostomus fonchii Weber & Montoya-Burgos, 2002 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypostomus goyazensis (Regan, 1908) | 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.
- Cardoso, Y. P., Almirón, A., Casciotta, J., Aichino, D., Lizarralde, M. S., & Montoya-Burgos, J. I. (2012). Origin of species diversity in the catfish genus Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) inhabiting the Paraná river basin, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 3453: 69–83. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3453.1.5 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:3NZ64. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.