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

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

This catfish reaches a maximum length of 5.4 centimetres (2.1 in) SL. It is demersal, being found in fresh water in the tropics.

Hypoptopoma bianale is native to South America, Rio Solimòes in Brazil and Río Ucayali in Peru.

Interactions with humans

Hypoptopoma bianale is harmless to humans.

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Hypoptopoma bianale" 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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