Hypostomus ternetzi

Hypostomus ternetzi^[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the basins of the Paraná River, the Paraguay River, and the Uruguay River.^[2] The species reaches 34.3 cm (13.5 inches) in total length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather. It is known to spawn by excavating nests in stream banks in which eggs are deposited.^[3]

Hypostomus ternetzi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Hypostomus
Species:	H. ternetzi
Binomial name
Hypostomus ternetzi (Boulenger, 1895)
Synonyms
Plecostomus ternetzi

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Swiss-born ichthyologist and naturalist Carl Ternetz (1870–1928), who was the one who collected the holotype.^[4]