Cochliodon khimaera/Hypostomus khimaera
Tencatt, Zawadzki & Froehlich, 2014
Kreatur der griechischen Mythologie, Körper geformt aus Löwe, Schnecke und Ziege.
Synonyms
Hypostomus khimaera
Length (total)
approx. 25 cm
Standard length (documented)
164.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul
Brazil
rio Roncador → rio Manso → rio Cuiabá → rio São Lourenço | rio Taquari | córrego da Formiga → rio Parguizinho → rio Bento Gomes ⇒ río Paraguay → río Paraná → río de la Plata → Atlantic SE
[ -15.651,-57.215 ]
Substrate
sand
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
yes
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Sex difference
from genus: Standard
unknown
Sympatric with
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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/June/2015
- Schäfer, Frank: "Bruno hat jetzt einen Namen"
(DATZ 11/2014 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Der 'Rote Bruno' hat endlich einen Namen"
(Amazonas November/Dezember 2014 - "Wels-Presseschau")
- 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)
- Zawadzki, C.H.; da Silva, H.P. & Troy, W.P., 2018 "Redescription of Hypostomus latirostris (Regan, 1904) with the recognition of a new species of Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraguay basin, Brazil" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, No. 1079, P. 1)
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