Cochliodon khimaera/Hypostomus khimaera
Tencatt, Zawadzki & Froehlich, 2014
Kreatur der griechischen Mythologie, Körper geformt aus Löwe, Schnecke und Ziege.
Synonyms
Hypostomus khimaera
Length (total)
approx. 25 cm
Standard length (documented)
164.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
córrego Salobro near Porto Estrela, rio Aquidauana, rio Cabaçal, ➀ rio da Casca, baia do Chacororé, rio Coxim, rio Coxipó, rio Cuiabá = rio Canabu, río Jaurú, represa da Manso, rio Manso, córrego da Onça, rio Pari, rio Piquiri = rio Pequiri, córrego Piraputanga, córrego Pitaluga, rio Quilombo, rio Sepotuba, ➀ rio Taquari = ribeirão Taquari, rio Verde, rio Vermelho, córrego Mimoso
Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul
Brazil
rio Roncador → rio Manso → rio Cuiabá → rio São Lourenço | rio Taquari | córrego da Formiga → rio Parguizinho → rio Bento Gomes ⇒ río Paraguay | rio Anhandui → rio Pardo ⇒ río Paraná → río de la Plata → Atlantic SE
[ -15.651,-57.215 ]
Substrate
sand
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
yes
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Sex difference
from genus: Standard
unknown
present
i / 4 rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave
little longer at the bottom than at the top
II / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
i / 5 rays
i / 4 rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave
little longer at the bottom than at the top
II / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
i / 5 rays
Sympatric with
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
- 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")
- 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)
- 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)
- Gimênes Junior, H. & Rech, R. , 2022 "Guia ilustrado dos peixes do Pantanal e entorno"
- Carvalho, V.de; Silva Müller, V.J. da; Ferreira, D.C.; Zawadzki, C.H. & Tencatt, L.F.C., 2024 "Revisiting Hypostomus khimaera (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): the identity of a morphologically variable species" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 22 No. 3)
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28.09.2025