Hypostominae

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Hypostominae
Hypostomus sp.
Hypostomus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Hypostominae
Kner, 1853
Tribes

Ancistrini
Corymbophanini
Hypostomini
Pterygoplichthyini
Rhinelepini

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

Studies conducted with representatives of some genera of Hypostominae showed that within this group, the diploid number ranges from 2n = 52 to 2n = 80. However, the supposed wide karyotypic diversity that 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]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Alves, Anderson Luís; Oliveira, Claudio; Foresti (2005). "Comparative cytogenetic analysis of eleven species of subfamilies Neoplecostominae and Hypostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)". Genetica 124: 127–136. doi:10.1007/s10709-004-7561-4. 
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