Hypostomus cordovae
Günther, 1880
according to the origin Cordova
Synonyms
Plecostomus cordovae
Hypostomus paranensis
Vieja de agua
Hypostomus paranensis
Vieja de agua
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 50 cm
Standard length (documented)
325.0 mm
Recommended tank size
250 cm
Temperature
18 - 31 °C
pH
5.5 - 8.8
Conductivity
77 - 4530 µS/cm
Oxygen
6.9 - 11.2 mg/L
Córdoba, Salta, Santa Fe
Argentina
río Salado del Norte → río Coronda | río Mojotoro → río Saladillo → río Lavayen → río Grande de Jujuy → río Bermejo → río Paraguay | río Paraná ⇒ río de la Plata → Atlantic SE ↓ río Sali → embalse río Hondo → río Dulce | río Grande de Punilla → lago San Roque → río Sququía → laguna Mar Chiquita → laguna Mar Chiquita ↓
Substrate
gravel, sand, rocks
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males have longer fins
from genus: Standard
unknown
present
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
dark patches
I / 7 rays
slightly convex
dark patches
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
dark patches
I / 7 rays
slightly convex
dark patches
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.1030
- Das Aquarium 3/98 S.8
- Günther, Dr. A., 1880 "A contribution to the knowledge of the fish fauna of the Rio de la Plata" (The Annals And Magazine of Natural History, Vol. 6, P. 11)
- Armbruster, J.W.; Tansey, L.A. & Lujan N.K., 2007 "Hypostomus rhantos (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a new species from southern Venezuela" (Zootaxa, No. 1553, P. 67)
- Martins, F.O.; Langeani, F. & Zawadzki, C.H., 2014 "A new spiny species of Hypostomus Lacépède (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) from thermal waters, upper rio Paraná basin, central Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, P. 7)
- Cardoso, Y.P.; Brancolini, F.; Paracampo, A.; Lizarralde, M.; Covain, R. & Montoya-Burgos, J.I., 2016 "Hypostomus formosae, a new catfish species from the Paraguay River Basin with redescription of H. boulengeri (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 27 No. 1, P. 22)
- Cardoso, Y.P.; Brancolini, F.; Protogino, L.; Paracampo, A.; Bogan, S.; Posadas, P. & Montoya-Burgos, J.I., 2019 "An integrated approach clarifies the cryptic diversity in Hypostomus Lacépède 1803 from the Lower La Plata Basin" (Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, Vol 91 No. 2)
- 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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José "BlackSouL" Sole
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