WoRMS taxon details
Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758)
862544 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:862544)
accepted
Species
Acipenser plecostomus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Hypostomus guacari Lacepède, 1803 · unaccepted (synonym)
Loricaria flava Shaw, 1804 · unaccepted (synonym)
Plecostomus bicirrosus Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
Plecostomus brasiliensis Bleeker, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Plecostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Pterygoplichthys plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
(of Acipenser plecostomus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=862544 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Loricaria flava Shaw, 1804) Shaw, G. (1804). General zoology or systematic natural history . [see Shaw 1803, ref. 4014]. v. 5 (pt 1): i-v + 1-250, Pls. 93-132, and (pt 2): i-vi + 251-463, Pls. 132-182.
page(s): 38, Pl. 101 [details]
original description (of Hypostomus guacari Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=4930
page(s): 144, 145, Pl. 4 (fig. 2) [details]
original description (of Acipenser plecostomus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Plecostomus brasiliensis Bleeker, 1863) Bleeker, P. (1863). Systema Silurorum revisum. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> v. 1: 77-122. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 38, Pl. 101 [details]
original description (of Hypostomus guacari Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=4930
page(s): 144, 145, Pl. 4 (fig. 2) [details]
original description (of Acipenser plecostomus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Plecostomus brasiliensis Bleeker, 1863) Bleeker, P. (1863). Systema Silurorum revisum. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> v. 1: 77-122. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (72 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hypostomus plecostomus)
To FishBase (from synonym Loricaria flava Shaw, 1804)
To FishBase (from synonym Hypostomus guacari Lacepède, 1803)
To Fishbase (from synonym Acipenser plecostomus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Fishbase (from synonym Plecostomus bicirrosus Gronow, 1854)
To Fishbase (from synonym Plecostomus brasiliensis Bleeker, 1863)
To Fishbase (from synonym Pterygoplichthys plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (66 nucleotides; 66 proteins)
To GenBank (66 nucleotides; 66 proteins) (from synonym Acipenser plecostomus Linnaeus, 1758)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Plecostomus bicirrosus Gronow in Gray, 1854; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3107969) (from synonym Plecostomus bicirrosus Gronow, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hypostomus plecostomus)
To FishBase (from synonym Loricaria flava Shaw, 1804)
To FishBase (from synonym Hypostomus guacari Lacepède, 1803)
To Fishbase (from synonym Acipenser plecostomus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Fishbase (from synonym Plecostomus bicirrosus Gronow, 1854)
To Fishbase (from synonym Plecostomus brasiliensis Bleeker, 1863)
To Fishbase (from synonym Pterygoplichthys plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (66 nucleotides; 66 proteins)
To GenBank (66 nucleotides; 66 proteins) (from synonym Acipenser plecostomus Linnaeus, 1758)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Plecostomus bicirrosus Gronow in Gray, 1854; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3107969) (from synonym Plecostomus bicirrosus Gronow, 1854)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
