Specimen Information

Hypostomus sp.
Hypostomus sp.
(suckermouth catfish)
Fishes
Exotic

Specimen ID31597
GroupFishes
GenusHypostomus
Speciessp.
Common Namesuckermouth catfish
StateFL
CountyMiami-Dade
LocalityCoral Gables canal at Red Road
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameFlorida Southeast Coast
HUC8 Number03090206
HUC10 NameTamiami Canal
HUC10 Number0309020615
HUC12 NameTamiami Canal
HUC12 Number030902061500
Map
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Collection Day22
Collection Month7
Collection Year1960
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayreleased aquarium
Statusunknown
Reference 1
Ref. Number:24835
Author:Anonymous
Date:2013
Title:Collection records of Hypostomus in U.S. museum collections. Downloaded from FishNet on 22 April 2013. Updated dataset downloaded on 17 September 2013
Reference 2
Ref. Number:18857
Author:Florida Museum of Natural History
Date:2009
Title:Ichthyology Collection database.
Publisher:University of Florida
CommentsIn 1983 Courtenay reviewed records of loricariid catfishes from southeastern FL. Found only this one specimen from the genus Hypostomus. All others are Pterygoplichthys sp. Formerly double cataloged as UF 208158.
Record TypeSpecimen
DisposalFlorida Museum of Natural History
Museum Cat NumberUF 98938
VerifierCourtenay, W.
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Preserved1


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