Hypoptopoma sternoptychum is a species of catfish of the family Loricariidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Hypoptopoma |
| Species: | H. sternoptychum
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| Hypoptopoma sternoptychum (Schaefer, 1996)
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This catfish reaches a maximum length of 3.3 centimetres (1.3 in) SL. It is demersal, being found in fresh water in the tropics.
Hypoptopoma sternoptychum is native to South America, occurring in tributaries from the upper and central Amazon River in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
Threats
editHypoptopoma sternoptychum is harmless to humans.
References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Hypoptopoma sternoptychum" in FishBase. August 2014 version.
- Schaefer, S.A., 1996. Nannoptopoma, a new genus of loricariid catfishes (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Amazon and Orinoco river basins. Copeia 1996(4):913-926.
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