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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Hopliancistrus: Greek, hoplon = weapon + Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335); wolverine: Named after the Mustelidae Gulo gulo, also known as wolverine, glutton, carcajou, skunk bear, or quickhatch because of it’s blunt stature, strong claws, and ferocity; noun in apposition.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Subtropical
South America: Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 125999)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 5; Vertebrae: 28. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: body black, dark olive, or dark gray covered by conspicuous greenish-yellow small dots of similar size on head, trunk, and fins (vs. head with small spots, and large whitish-yellow spots or blotches posteriorly towards caudal fin, with dorsal, caudal, and anal fins covered by dark brown spots over rays); differs further from its congeners except H. tricornis by a narrow, barshaped connection strut between anterior process of compound pterotic and main body, leaving a large posterior gap (vs. connection strut shaped as a continuous sheet); differs from its congeners except H. xikrin by the pectoral-fin spine length 32.1-38.4% of SL (vs. 25.1-29.9% in tricornis, 24.5-30.9% in munduruku and 27.4-30.8% of SL in xavante); differs from xikrin by the transverse processes of first and second dorsal-fin pterygiophores sutured to each other (vs. no contact between the transverse processes of first and second pterygiophores); differs from xavante by having a narrow nasal bone plate (vs. nasal broad, sometimes slightly triangular); the nuchal plate exposed and covered by odontodes (vs. plate covered by thick skin and usually lacking odontodes); differs from tricornis by having five branched rays on the anal-fin (vs. four) (Ref. 125999).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
de Oliveira, R.R., J. Zuanon, L.H.R. Py-Daniel, J.L.O. Birindelli and L.M. Sousa, 2021. Taxonomic revision of Hopliancistrus Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1989 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) with redescription of Hopliancistrus tricornis and description of four new species. PLoS ONE 16(1):e0244894. (Ref. 125999)
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 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01549 (0.00719 - 0.03336), b=2.98 (2.81 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (12 of 100).
