Cochliodon simios/Hypostomus simios
Hollanda Carvalho & Weber, 2004
simios (gr.) = snub nosed
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Standard length (documented)
155.2 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
dark dots
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
dark dots
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
- 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. 260)
- 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. 51)
- 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)
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