Hoplosternum punctatum

Hoplosternum punctatum, the spotted hoplo, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Callichthyinae of the family Callichthyidae, the armoured catfishes. This species is only found in the Atrato River basin in Colombia and in the Pacific coastal drainages of Panama, in southern Central America.^[3]

Hoplosternum punctatum
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Callichthyidae
Genus:	Hoplosternum
Species:	H. punctatum
Binomial name
Hoplosternum punctatum Meek & Hildebrand, 1916[2]