Hypostomus variostictus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Hypostomus
Species:	H. variostictus
Binomial name
Hypostomus variostictus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1912)
Synonyms
Plecostomus variostictus

Hypostomus variostictus^[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the upper Paraguay River basin in Argentina and Brazil. The species reaches 5.7 cm (2.2 inches) in total length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.^[2]

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