Hypostomus heraldoi Zawadzki, Weber & Pavanelli, 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
Hypostomus heraldoi is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Corumbá River and Rio Grande basins in the upper Paraná River drainage in Brazil. It is typically found in turbid waters with a substrate composed of rocks with some amount of sand. It is known to be syntopic with other loricariid species in the genus Hypostomus, including Hypostomus ancistroides, H. denticulatus, H. iheringii, H. margaritifer, and H. regani. The species reaches 23.6 cm (9.3 inches) in standard length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.
Hypostomus heraldoi was described in 2008 by Cláudio H. Zawadzki (of the State University of Maringá), Claude Weber, and C. S. Pavanelli (also of the State University of Maringá), alongside the aforementioned related and syntopic species H. denticulatus.
Wikipedia contributors, Hypostomus heraldoi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:52:37.733909+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hypostomus heraldoi Zawadzki, Weber & Pavanelli, 2008
- Name authority
- Zawadzki, Weber & Pavanelli, 2008
- 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 heraldoi Zawadzki, Weber & Pavanelli, 2008
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 arecuta Cardoso, Almirón, Casciotta, Aichino, Lizarralde & Montoya-Burgos, 2012 | 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 |
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.
- Zawadzki, C. H., Weber, C., & Pavanelli, C. S. (2008). Two new species of Hypostomus Lacépède (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Central Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 6. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1679-62252008000300013 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:3NZ82. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.