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

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

This catfish reaches a maximum length of 7.0 centimetres (2.8 in) SL. It is demersal, being found in fresh water in the tropics.

Hypoptopoma machadoi is native to South America, and is known to occur in the Rio Orinoco basin in Venezuela, including the Rio Meta drainage in Colombia.

The fish is named in honor of Antonio Machado-Allison (b. 1945) of the Universidad Central de Venezuela, because of his lifelong dedication and contributions to neotropical ichthyology.[1]

Interactions with humans

Hypoptopoma machadoi is harmless to humans.

References

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