Hypoptopoma
Hypoptopoma is a genus of armored catfishes native to South America.
Taxonomy
The genus was established by Albert C. L. G. Günther in 1868 for his new species Hypoptopoma thoracatum, on the basis of the peculiar, depressed, spatulate formation of the head with the eyes on the lateral edges of the head.Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:- Hypoptopoma baileyi Aquino & Schaefer, 2010
- Hypoptopoma bianale Aquino & Schaefer, 2010
- Hypoptopoma brevirostratum Aquino & Schaefer, 2010
- Hypoptopoma elongatum Aquino & Schaefer, 2010
- Hypoptopoma guianense Boeseman, 1974
- Hypoptopoma gulare Edward [Drinker Cope|Cope], 1878
- Hypoptopoma incognitum Aquino & Schaefer, 2010
- Hypoptopoma inexspectatum
- Hypoptopoma joberti
- Hypoptopoma machadoi Aquino & Schaefer, 2010
- Hypoptopoma muzuspi Aquino & Schaefer, 2010
- Hypoptopoma psilogaster Fowler, 1915
- Hypoptopoma spectabile
- Hypoptopoma steindachneri Boulenger, 1895
- Hypoptopoma sternoptychum
- Hypoptopoma thoracatum Günther, 1868