Hypostomus sp.

dos Santos, Sergio Alexandre & de Britto, Marcelo Ribeiro, 2021, The ichthyofauna of a poorly known area in the middle-southern Espinhaco mountain range, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil: diagnostics and identification keys, ZooKeys 1054, pp. 25-66 : 25

Hypostomus sp.

Distribution.

Upper rio Santo Antônio, rio Doce basin.

Diagnosis.

Hypostomus sp. differs from H. francisci by having black and large spots in the head and throughout the body.

Remarks.

The only juvenile specimen collected in the study area was analyzed in such a way that is not possible to mention about species level identity or if it configures into a new species.