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. hand coloured sketch From the book 'Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale' [Journey to South America: (Brazil, the eastern republic of Uruguay, the Argentine Republic, Patagonia, the republic of Chile, the republic of Bolivia, the republic of Peru), executed during the years 1826 - 1833] Volume 5 Part 1 By: Orbigny, Alcide Dessalines d', d'Orbigny, 1802-1857; Montagne, Jean Françoi

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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. hand coloured sketch From the book 'Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale' [Journey to South America: (Brazil, the eastern republic of Uruguay, the Argentine Republic, Patagonia, the republic of Chile, the republic of Bolivia, the republic of Peru), executed during the years 1826 - 1833] Volume 5 Part 1 By: Orbigny, Alcide Dessalines d', d'Orbigny, 1802-1857; Montagne, Jean François Camille, 1784-1866; Martius, Karl Friedrich Philipp von, 1794-1868 Published Paris :Chez Pitois-Levrault. Publishes in Paris in 1847

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