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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypoptopomatinae
Eponymy: Dr Isaäc J H Isbrücker (d: 1944) is a Dutch ichthyologist who is an expert on the taxonomy of South American armoured catfishes (Callichthyidae, Loricariidae). [...] Dr Alipio de Miranda-Ribeiro (1874–1939) was a Brazilian zoologist, herpetologist and ichthyologist who did much, with Adolpho and Bertha Lutz, to enhance the collections at the Brazilian National Natural History Museum, Rio de Janeiro. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Issue
Locality restricted to Ribeirão do Mojolinho, in the Iporanga basin, São Paulo, by Isbrucker (1980). New combination by Derijst (1996:64).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: rio Ribeira do Iguape basin in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 42856)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Pereira, E.H. and R.E. Reis, 2002. Revision of the loricariid genera Hemipsilichthys and Isbrueckerichthys (Teleostei: Siluriformes), with descriptions of five new species of Hemipsilichthys. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 13(2):97-146. (Ref. 42856)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00374 - 0.01935), b=3.09 (2.90 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).