Cochliodon sculpodon/Hypostomus sculpodon
Armbruster, 2003
sculpo (lat.) - carving; odon (gr.) - tooth; because its teeth cut wood
Synonyms
Punktierter Cochliodonwels
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
239.7 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
Type of water
Black water
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
fin edging: black
slightly convex
fin edging: black
incised / concave, pointed
fin edging: black
slightly convex
fin edging: black
Sympatric with
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
03/April/2019
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.982
- Armbruster, Jonathan W., 2003 "The species of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 249, P. 49)
- 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. 955)
- Carvalho, P.H.; Lima, F.C.T. & Zawadzki, C.H., 2010 "Two new species of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Negro basin in Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 8 No. 1, P. 39)
- 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)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 82)
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