Vom einheimischen kope ya’ka = Fisch aus den Löschern (in den Sandbänken)
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
188.3 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Locality
in/near rapids
Type of water
White water
Flow
small
Nutrition (mostly): wood-eater
Eats plants
yes
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Sex difference
from genus: Standard
unknown
 
4 soft rays
14 soft rays
II / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
14 soft rays
II / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Carvalho, P.H.; Lima, F.C.T. & Zawadzki, C.H., 2010 "Two new species of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Negro basin in Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 8 No. 1)
- Zawadzki, C.H. & Carvalho, P.H., 2014 "A new species of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Aripuanã basin in Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 12 No. 1, P. 50)
- Tencatt, L.F.C.; Zawadzki, C.H. & Froehlich, O., 2014 "Two new species of the Hypostomus cochliodon Group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Paraguay basin, with a redescription of Hypostomus cochliodon Kner, 1854" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 8 No. 1, P. 602)
- PCF
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Flávio Lima (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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