chroma (gr.) - color; odontos (gr.) - tooth, because the reddish-brown tip of teeth
Synonyms
Hisonotus chromodontus
Length (total)
approx. 5 cm
Standard length (documented)
32.5 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Type of water
Clear water
Flow
small
On the riverbank
grasses
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
unknown
 
I / 5 rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, round
bright patches
fin edging: white 
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, round
bright patches
fin edging: white 
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
"Neue Gattung 2" in Hisonotini
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Britskie, H.A. & Garavello, J.C., 2007 "Description of two new sympatric species of the genus Hisonotus Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1889, from upper Rio Tapajós, Mato Grosso state, Brazil (Pisces: Ostariophysi: Loricariidae)" (Brazilian Journal of Biology, Vol. 67 No. 3)
- Calegari, B.B.; Morlis, W.G. & Reis, R.E., 2017 "A new species of Otothyropsis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Río Paraná basin, Paraguay, with a discussion of the limits between Otothyropsis and Hisonotus" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4244, No. 2, P. 243)
- Roxo, F.F.; Silva, G.S.C. & Melo, B.F., 2018 "Hisonotus devidei, a new species from the São Francisco basin, Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) " (Journal of Fish Biology)
- Dias, A.C.; Silva, G.S.C.; Oliveira, C. & Roxo, F.F., 2018 "A new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Aripuanã river, Amazon basin, Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4504 No. 4, P. 583)
- Roxo, F.F.; Ochoa, L.E.; Sabaj, M.H.; Lujan, N.K.; Covain, R.; Silva, G.S.C.; Melo, B.F.; Albert,J.S.; Chang,J.; Foresti,F.; Alfaro,M.E. & Oliveira,C., 2019 "Phylogenomic reappraisal of the Neotropical catfish family Loricariidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) using ultraconserved elements" (abstract) (Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, P. 18)
- Reis, R.E. & Lehmann, P.A., 2022 "A new genus of armored catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Greater Amazon, with a review of the species and description of five new species" (Neotropical Ichthyology, 20 No. 2)
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Mitsuhiro Iwamoto
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