Identity and locality
Hypancistrus zebra
Middle rio Xingu / Volta Grande, Brazil
Diagnostic evidence and naming
Formally described in 1991. Distinctive light body with black longitudinal stripes. In wild habitat, occupies narrow rock crevices in oxygenated Xingu rapids. Historical label L098 has also been associated with H. zebra, and must not be counted as an additional species.
Breeding and genetics limitations
Cave-spawning Hypancistrus: use taxon-specific broodstock records; do not infer clutch or husbandry parameters from wild river measurements.
Original references
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