Otocinclus cocama
Reis, 2004
dedicated Cocama-Cocamilla indians
Synonyms
Otocinclus zebra
Zebra-Otocinclus
Zebra-Otocinclus
endangered
Length (total)
approx. 5 cm
Standard length (documented)
43.8 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
24 - 28 °C
Type of water
Clear water
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
Can breathe atmospheric
yes
from genus: W: größer, fülliger, weniger Odontoden am Schwanzstiel M: kleiner, zierlicher
PCF
from
to
Quantity
10
Temp.
25
26
pH
6.40
6.60
GH
KH
NO³
10
Cond.
I / 5 rays
7 + 7 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
II / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
7 + 7 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
II / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/January/2022
- Wewer, Daniel: "Auf der Suche nach Otocinclus cocama"
(Amazonas November/Dezember 2014 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Ohrgittersaugwelse Teil 2: Arten mit Zebramuster aus Südamerika"
(aquaristik 2/2017) - Seidel, Ingo: "Harnischwels-Zwerge – Loricariiden für kleine Aquarien"
(DATZ Dezember 2018) - Seidel, Ingo: "Welswelten – Wissenswertes, Neues und Ungewöhnliches"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Oktober / November 2019) - Trappmann, Laura: "Die Corona-Krise – eine Chance für die Aquaristik"
(DATZ Oktober 2020) - Seidel, Ingo: "Die Ohrgitterwelse der Gattung Otocinclus"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin April / Mai 2022)
- Reis, R.E., 2004 "Otocinclus cocama, a new uniquely colored loricariid catfish from Peru (Teleostei: Siluriformes), with comments on the impact of taxonomic revisions to the discovery of new taxa" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 2 No. 3, P. 109)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 274)
- Ribeiro, A.C. & Lehmann, P.A., 2016 "A new Otocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the Rio Juruena Basin, central Brazil" (Zootaxa 4247 (3), P. 245)
- Mejia, E. & Reis, R., 2023 "Molecular and morphometric data provide evidence of intraspecific variation in shape and pigmentation pattern in Otocinclus cocama (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) across major river drainages" (abstract) (Journal of Fishbiology)
- Seidel, I. "Mal wieder Zebra-Ohrgittersaugwelse" (Newsletter Fa. aqua-global)
- PCF (Nachzucht)
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