Author: Zawadzki, de Oliveira & Debona, 2013
Comments: Occurs in rivers with turbid water, rocky and sandy substrate, and various remnant riparian vegetation.  Sympatric with <i>Squaliforma cf. emarginata</i> (Valenciennes, 1840), <i>Hypostomus faveolus</i>, <i>Hypostomus cf. plecostomus</i> (Linnaeus, 1758), <i>H. pyrineusi</i> (Miranda Ribeiro, 1920), and another putative undescribed species of <i>Hypostomus</i> (Ref. 93220).