Hypoptopoma

Hypoptopoma
Hypoptopoma inexspectatum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae
Tribe: Hypoptopomatini
Genus: Hypoptopoma
Günther, 1868
Type species
Hypoptopoma thoracatum
Günther 1868
Synonyms
  • Aristommata
    Holmberg, 1893
  • Diapeltoplites
    Fowler, 1915
  • Nannoptopoma
    Schaefer, 1996

Hypoptopoma is a genus of armored catfishes native to South America.

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