Cochliodon taphorni/Hypostomus taphorni
Lilyestrom, 1984
dedicated Donald C. Taphorn
Synonyms
Taphorns Cochliodonwels
Length (total)
approx. 28 cm
Standard length (documented)
228.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
Nutrition (mostly): wood-eater
Eats plants
yes
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Sex difference
from genus: Standard
unknown
not known
- Lilyestrom, C.G., 1984 "Consideraciones sobre la taxonomia de las especies del genero Cochliodon Heckel en Venezuela (Pisces, Loricariidae)" (Revista Unellez de Ciencia y Tecnologia)
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.982
- 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. 80)
- Weber, C.; Covain, R. & Fisch-Muller, S., 2012 "Identity of Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758), with an overview of Hypostomus species from the Guianas (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Cybium, Vol. 36 No. 1, P. 211)
- 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)
- 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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