Common name of Hypostomus alatus
 
Common name Cascudo chitão
Language Portuguese
Dialect Latin
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Brazil
Locality
Ref. Godoy, M.P., 1987
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st modifier color pattern(s)
2nd modifier mod. for size
Remarks Cascudo = the one that has a hard bark (Ferreira, 1999) + chita = spotted + -ão = suffix indicating big
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