Hypostomus plecostomus

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Hypostomus plecostomus']

• English: Common sucker, Common pleco
• العربية: بلاكستومس
• مصرى: بلاكستومس
• বাংলা: চোষক মুখী
• فارسی: ماهی لجن‌خوار
• français: Pleco
• Avañe'ẽ: Akari
• Bahasa Indonesia: Sapu-sapu biasa
• 한국어: 플레코스토무스
• lietuvių: Paprastasis gerklažiotis šamukas
• русский: Обыкновенный сомик-нижнерот
• తెలుగు: దయ్యం చేప
• ไทย: ปลาซักเกอร์ธรรมดา, ปลาซัคเกอร์, ปลาเทศบาล
• 中文: 下口鲇

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Osteichthyes • Classis: Actinopterygii • Ordo: Siluriformes • Familia: Loricariidae • Subfamilia: Hypostominae • Genus: Hypostomus • Species: Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Hypostomus plecostomus

Description

Other species, like Pterygoplichthus spp., are often misidentified as Hypostomus plecostomus.

Here follows a textual description of Hypostomus plecostomus, to aid in differentiating the species (source: FishBase):

• The dorsal fin has one spine and seven soft rays.
• The anal fin has one spine and three soft rays.
• The body is stout.
• The base of the caudal fin is not flattened from top to bottom (caudal peduncle not depressed).
• The dorsal side (back side) of the head and body is covered with bony plates. The ventral side (belly side) is naked.

Habitus

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  Picture of an individual from the Commewijne River Basin, published along with the 2012 revision of the Hypostomus plecostomus type series