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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Hypostomus plecostomus
Recognized by FAO Fishery Statistics
Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus 1758)
Acipenser plecostomus
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Acipenser plecostomus
Recognized by BHL data coverage
Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus 1758)
Recognized by Fishbase
Plecostomus plecostomus
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Alternative Names

Acipenser plecostomus Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Hypostomus guacari Lacepède 1803
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Loricaria flava Shaw 1804
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Plecostomus bicirrosus Gronow 1854
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Plecostomus brasiliensis Bleeker 1863
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Plecostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Pterygoplichthys plecostomus (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Acipenser plecostomus Linnaeus 1758
Hypostomus guacari Lacepède 1803
Loricaria flava Shaw 1804
Plecostomus bicirrosus Gronow 1854
Plecostomus brasiliensis Bleeker 1863
Plecostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus 1758)
Pterygoplichthys plecostomus (Linnaeus 1758)
Acipenser plecostomus Linnaeus 1758
Acipenser plecostomus Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase
Hypostomus guacari
Synonym according to Fishbase
Hypostomus guacari Lacepède 1803
Hypostomus guacari Lacepède 1803
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Loricaria flava Shaw 1804
Loricaria flava Shaw 1804
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase
Plecostomus bicirrosus Gronow 1854
Plecostomus bicirrosus Gronow 1854
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase
Plecostomus brasiliensis Bleeker 1863
Plecostomus brasiliensis Bleeker 1863
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase
Plecostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus 1758)
Plecostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase
Pterygoplichthys plecostomus (Linnaeus 1758)
Pterygoplichthys plecostomus (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase

Common Names

English

Janitor fish preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Plecostomus
Recognized by Fishbase
Sea hasar
Recognized by Fishbase
Spotted pleco
Recognized by Fishbase
Suckermouth catfish
Recognized by Fishbase and Simpson et al 2020
Sucking catfish
Recognized by Fishbase

Arabic

بلاكستومس preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bengali

চোষক মুখী preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

下口鲇 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Almindelig sugemalle preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Storhovedet Sugemalle
Recognized by Fishbase

Finnish

Surinamintäpläpleko preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

German

Plecostomus preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Saugmaulwels
Recognized by Fishbase

Guarani

Akari preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

플레코스토무스 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Paprastasis gerklažiotis šamukas preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

ماهی لجن‌خوار preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Portuguese

Acari preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Acari-bodó
Recognized by Fishbase
Acarí pedral
Recognized by Fishbase
Acarí
Recognized by Fishbase
Armadilho
Recognized by Fishbase
Bode de Igarapé
Recognized by Fishbase
Bode
Recognized by Fishbase
Bodó
Recognized by Fishbase
Cascudo
Recognized by Fishbase
Guacari
Recognized by Fishbase
Guacarí
Recognized by Fishbase
Pirá tatu
Recognized by Fishbase
Vacarí
Recognized by Fishbase
Yau urá
Recognized by Fishbase

Russian

Nizhnerot preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Spanish; Castilian

Cacucho preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Coroncoro
Recognized by Fishbase
Corroncho
Recognized by Fishbase
Cucha
Recognized by Fishbase

Telugu

దయ్యం చేప preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Thai

ปลาซักเกอร์ธรรมดา preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

بلاكستومس preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus 1758)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi
Siluriformes
Loricaroidei
Loricariidae
Hypostomus
47 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Siluriformes
Loricariidae
Hypostomus
47 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

47 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi
Siluriformes
Loricaroidei
Loricariidae
Hypostomus
47 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

47 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Siluriformes
Loricariidae
Hypostomus Lacépède 1803
49 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Teleostei
Ostariophysi
Siluriformes
Loricariidae Rafinesque 1815
Hypostominae
Hypostomus Lacepède 1803
35 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Actinopterygii
Actinopteri
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Osteoglossocephalai
Clupeocephala
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi
Otophysi
Characiphysae
Siluriformes
Loricaroidei
Loricariidae
Hypostominae
Hypostomus

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Acipenseriformes
Acipenseridae
Acipenser
Acipenser plecostomus (this page)

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Ostariophysi
Siluriformes
Loricarioidea
Loricariidae
Hypostominae
Hypostomus
71 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.