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Hypoptopoma baileyi is a species of catfish of the family Loricariidae.

Hypoptopoma baileyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Hypoptopoma
Species:	H. baileyi
Binomial name
Hypoptopoma baileyi Aquino & Schaefer, 2010

This catfish reaches a maximum length of 4.4 centimetres (1.7 in) SL. It is demersal, being found in fresh water in the tropics.

Hypoptopoma baileyi is native to South America, Río Iténez, in the upper Rio Madeira basin, along the border between Bolivia and Brazil.

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Reeve M. Bailey (1911-2011) of the University of Michigan, who helped collect the type specimen in 1964.[1]

Interactions with humans

Hypoptopoma baileyi is harmless to humans.

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Hypoptopoma baileyi" in FishBase. August 2014 version.
• Aquino, A.E. and S.A. Schaefer, 2010. Systematics of the genus Hypoptopoma Günther, 1868 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae). Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 336:1-110.

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