Cochliodon cochliodon/Hypostomus cochliodon (LDA 51)
Kner, 1854
(Type species)
Synonyms
Cochliodon hypostomus
Hypostomus cochliodon
Loricaria melanoptera
Spotted cochliodon
Spotted humpbacked pleco
Hypostomus cochliodon
Loricaria melanoptera
Spotted cochliodon
Spotted humpbacked pleco
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
230.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
20 - 27 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
rio Cuiabá = rio Canabu, ➀ río Paraguay = rio Paraguai, ➀ río Apa, córrego Cancela, ➀ rio da Casca, rio Coxipó, canal Curutuba, arroio Guaçu, canal Ipoitã, ➀ rio Ivinhema, rio Jangada, represa da Manso, rio Manso, córrego da Onça, ribeirão Palmeiras, rio Piquiri = rio Pequiri, rio Salobra, córrego Salobrinha, río Tagatyja Guazu, ➀ rio Taquari = ribeirão Taquari, upper ➀ río Paraná = rio Paraná
Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Misiones, Corrientes
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay
río Tagatyja | rio Salobra → rio Miranda | rio Taquari | (rio Manso → rio Cuiabá ⇒ rio São Lourenço) ⇒ río Paraguay ⇒ río Paraná → río de la Plata → Atlantic SE
˜[ -15.700,-56.112 ]
Type of water
Clear water, White water
Nutrition (mostly): wood-eater
Eats plants
yes
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Sex difference
from genus: Standard
unknown
4 soft rays
I / 7 rays
I / 7 rays
Sympatric with
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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
02/November/2016
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 P.971 - 972
- Perez, Mark Sabaj: "PIPE-Expedition in die Serra do Cachimbo"
(Amazonas September/Oktober 2009 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Die Hypostomus-Arten des Südens"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Oktober / November 2010 "Wels-Presseschau") - Lorenz, Stiev: "Faszination Pantanal"
(Amazonas November/Dezember 2010 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Bühlmann, E. / Guggenbühl, R.: "Rio Arce, Eldorado für Welsfreunde"
(DATZ 08/2012 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Steack, Dr. Wolfgang: "Das Pantanal: ein Paradies für Biologen und Aquarianer"
(Aquarium Fachmagazin Februar / März 2013 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Steack, Dr. Wolfgang: "Fischbeobachtungen in Klarwasserflüssen"
(DATZ 03/2014 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Schäfer, Frank: "Bruno hat jetzt einen Namen"
(DATZ 11/2014 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Der 'Rote Bruno' hat endlich einen Namen"
(Amazonas November/Dezember 2014 - "Wels-Presseschau")
- Kner, R., 1854 "Die Hypostomiden. Zweite Hauptgruppe der Familie der Panzerfische" (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe., Vol. 7, P. 265)
- Zawadzki, C.H.; Oliveira, A.S.; Oliveira, R.R. de & Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H., 2015 "Hypostomus melanephelis, a new armored catfish species from the rio Tapajós basin, Brazil (Teleostei: Loricariidae)"
- Terán, Alonso, Aguilera & Mirande, 2016 "Range extension of Hypostomus cochliodon Kner, 1854 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) in Bermejo River, Salta, Argentina" (biotaxa-Checklist)
- Ota, R.R.; Carvalho Deprá, G. de; Graça, W.J. da & Pavanelli, C.S., 2018 "Peixes da planície de inundação do alto rio Paraná e áreas adjacentes: revised, annotated and updated" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 16 No. 2, P. 73)
- Zawadzki, C.H.; da Silva, H.P. & Troy, W.P., 2018 "Redescription of Hypostomus latirostris (Regan, 1904) with the recognition of a new species of Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraguay basin, Brazil" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, No. 1079, P. 1)
- 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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for the pictures
H. P. Risch
1, 2, 3
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