Hypostominae

Hypostominae
Pterygoplichthys sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Subfamily:	Hypostominae Kner, 1853
Tribes
Corymbophanini Hypostomini Pterygoplichthyini Rhinelepini

The Hypostominae are a subfamily of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Loricariidae.

Studies conducted with representatives of some genera of Hypostominae showed, within this group, the diploid number ranges from 2n = 52 to 2n = 80. However, the supposed wide karyotypic diversity the family Loricariidae or the subfamily Hypostominae would present is almost exclusively restricted to the genus Hypostomus, and the species from the other genera had a conserved diploid number.^[1]

Taxonomy

• Corymbophanini
  • Corymbophanes
• Hypostomini
  • Aphanotorulus
  • Hypostomus
  • Isorineloricaria
  • Squaliforma
• Pterygoplichthyini
  • Pterygoplichthys
• Rhinelepini
  • Pogonopoma
  • Pseudorinelepis
  • Rhinelepis
• Incertae sedis
  • Leptoancistrus
  • Peckoltia

Baryancistrus xanthellus

Panaque nigrolineatus

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References

1. ↑ Alves, Anderson Luís; Oliveira, Claudio; Foresti (2005). "Comparative cytogenetic analysis of eleven species of subfamilies Neoplecostominae and Hypostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)". Genetica 124 (2–3): 127–136. doi:10.1007/s10709-004-7561-4. PMID 16134327.  Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)