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Callichthyidae
Atipa
Hoplosternum littorale
Twenty Six Point Three Centimeters Callichthyid Fish
Atipa is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Callichthyidae
- Genus
- Hoplosternum
- Maximum length
- 26.3 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- South America: Most Cis-Andean South American river drainages north of Buenos Aires, Argentina (Ref. 37395 ). Introduced in the USA (Ref. 104645 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

