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Specimen from Rio Yi, Durazno in Uruguay
Specimen from Rio Yi, Durazno in Uruguay
Head close up, Specimen from Rio Yi, Durazno
Dorsal of specimen from Rio Yi, Durazno in Uruguay
Specimen from Rio Yi, Durazno in Uruguay
Specimen from Rio Yi, Durazno in Uruguay
Tail of specimen from Rio Yi, Durazno in Uruguay

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Hemiancistrus meizospilos** Cardoso & da Silva, 2004
Common Names	Southern Orange Spotted Pleco Sydlig Orangeplettet Sugemalle (Denmark)
Type Locality	Rio Chapecó, tributary of the rio Uruguai basin, Coronel Freitas, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Etymology	Greek, hemi = the half. While the Greek, agkistron = hook, is thought to be the root of the term ancistrus, hemiancistrus can be taken to mean that these species have a part (not exactly HALF) of the features of the genus Ancistrus, but not ALL of the features. meizospilosFrom the Greek adjective meizon (masculine, nominative singular), comparative of megas (big, great), and spilos (dots), alluding to larger size of dots on comparison to smaller size on remaining white-spotted species of southern Brazil.
Species Information
Size	149mm or 5.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Chapecó River system, upper Uruguay River basin, Brazil. La Plata, Uruguay, Upper Uruguay, Chapecó (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Feeds on detritus, diatoms and unindentified worms in the wild. User data.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Neotropical Ichthyology v. 2 (no. 1), pp 4, Fig. 6.
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Last Update	2021 Mar 04 14:02 (species record created: 2013 Jan 13 18:47)