hoplon (gr.) - harness
Synonyms
Acari-bodó
Length (total)
approx. 38 cm
Standard length (documented)
325.0 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
pH
6.0 - 7.5
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Golden algae (Chrysophyta), green algae (Chlorophyceae), diatoms (Bacillariophyceae), Zieralgen (Desmidiaceae), Muschelschaler (Conchostraca), ephemeroptera (Ephemeroptera) (larvae), Chironomidae (Chironomidae) (larvae), diptera (Diptera) (larvae)
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males have longer fins
from genus: Standard
unknown
 
present
(11 -) 14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
(11 -) 14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 358
- Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H., 1988 "Hypostomus hoplonites sp. n. da bacia amazônica, Brasil (Pisces, Siluroidea, Loricariidae)" (Iheringia, No. 68, P. 13)
- Armbruster, J.W., 2004 "Phylogenetic relationships of the suckermouth armoured catfishes (Loricariidae) with emphasis on the Hypostominae and the Ancistrinae" (abstract) (Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, P. 79)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 254)
- Zawadzki, C.H.; de Oliveira, R.R. & Debona, T., 2013 "A new species of Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Tocantins-Araguaia basin, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 11 No. 1)
- Zawadzki, C.H.; Oliveira, A.S.; Oliveira, R.R. de & Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H., 2015 "Hypostomus melanephelis, a new armored catfish species from the rio Tapajós basin, Brazil (Teleostei: Loricariidae)"
- Zawadzki, C.H.; Oyakawa, O.T. & Britski, H.a., 2017 "Hypostomus velhochico, a new keeled Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio São Francisco basin in Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4344 No. 3, P. 571)
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