according to the origin Honda (Town in Colombia; on the río Magdalena)
Synonyms
Plecostomus hondae
Cochliodon hondae
Cochliodon pospisili
Kolumbianischer Cochliodonwels
Cochliodon hondae
Cochliodon pospisili
Kolumbianischer Cochliodonwels
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
237.9 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
24 - 28 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
Nutrition (mostly): wood-eater
Eats plants
yes
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Sex difference
from genus: Standard
unknown
 
Sympatric with
Astroblepus homodon
Cetopsorhamdia molinae
Chaetostoma milesi
Chaetostoma thomsoni
Lasiancistrus caucanus (L 312 / LDA 71)
Pimelodella floridablancaensis
Pimelodus yuma
Rhamdia guatemalensis
Sturisomatichthys leightoni
Trichomycterus banneaui
Trichomycterus mogotensis
Andinoacara latifrons
Apteronotus eschmeyeri
Argopleura magdalenae
Astyanax sp.
Cetopsorhamdia molinae
Chaetostoma milesi
Chaetostoma thomsoni
Lasiancistrus caucanus (L 312 / LDA 71)
Pimelodella floridablancaensis
Pimelodus yuma
Rhamdia guatemalensis
Sturisomatichthys leightoni
Trichomycterus banneaui
Trichomycterus mogotensis
Andinoacara latifrons
Apteronotus eschmeyeri
Argopleura magdalenae
Astyanax sp.
Creagrutus affinis
Creagrutus dulima
Creagrutus magdalenae
Geophagus steindachneri
Gephyrocharax melanocheir
Hemibrycon sp.
Hoplias malabaricus
Kronoheros umbrifer
Microgenys minuta
Parodon magdalenensis
Poecilia reticulata
Poecilia sphenops
Roeboides dayi
Sternopygus aequilabiatus
Creagrutus dulima
Creagrutus magdalenae
Geophagus steindachneri
Gephyrocharax melanocheir
Hemibrycon sp.
Hoplias malabaricus
Kronoheros umbrifer
Microgenys minuta
Parodon magdalenensis
Poecilia reticulata
Poecilia sphenops
Roeboides dayi
Sternopygus aequilabiatus
not known
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.978
- Regan, C. Tate, 1912 "Descriptions of new Fishes of the Familiy Loricariidae in the British Museum Collection" (Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. 3 - 4, P. 32)
- 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)
- 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. 601)
- Albornoz-Garzón, J.G.; Conde-Saldaña, C.C.; López-Delgado, E.O.; García-Melo, J.E. & Villa-Navarro, F.A., 2020 "Fishes from the Río Alvarado drainage, Upper Río Magdalena Basin, Colombia" (CheckList, P. 1184)
- Cardoso, Y.P.; Queiroz, L.J. de; Bahechar, I.A.; Posadas, P.E. & Montoya-Burgos, 2021 "Multilocus phylogeny and historical biogeography of Hypostomus shed light on the processes of fish diversification in La Plata Basin" (scientific reports, Vol. 11)
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