Cochliodon paucipunctatus/Hypostomus paucipunctatus
Hollanda Carvalho & Weber, 2004
paucus (lat.) = few; punctatus = dotted
Synonyms
Hypostomus paucipunctatus
Length (total)
approx. 24 cm
Standard length (documented)
188.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Nutrition (mostly): wood-eater
Eats plants
yes
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Sex difference
from genus: Standard
unknown
present
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
straight
small dark dots
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
straight
small dark dots
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
- Hollanda Carvalhon, P.& Weber,C., 2004 "Five new species of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the middle and lower Amazon System" (Revue Suisse De Zoologie, Vol. 111, P. 953)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 258)
- PCF
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