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Hypostomus hemicochliodon Armbruster, 2003

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Mark Henry Sabaj (1) Karsten Schönherr (1)

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Description: Distinguished from all other members of Hypostomus cochliodon group except H. sculpodon by having a medium-sized buccal papilla, intermediately developed teeth and a large patch of odontodes on the opercle. Differs from H. sculpodon by its dark brown colour with closely spaced spots, by having a greater dorsal-anal length to anal-fin length ratio (average=111.1%, 92.5-132.6% vs. average=79.2%, 69.6-89.7%) and almost completely by having a larger interorbital width/HL ratio (average=49.9, 44.1-55.6% vs. average=51.4%, 38.5-45.4%) . Aquarium Care: As with most of this genus, will do well in a larger aquarium, and the aquarium well filtered. Water parameters can be quite diverse for this genera. Diet: Wood eaters so would need soft wood in the aquarium. Food tablets, pellets and vegeatable foods are also taken along with insect larvae. Etymology: The specific name is from the Latin hemi (half), and the Latin coclea (coch-) (spoon), and the Greek odon (tooth), in reference to the fact that the teeth are about half as spoon-shaped as those of wood-specializing members of the Hypostomus cochliodon group.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Marañon, Itaya, and Nanay, Orosa and Napo Rivers, Upper Amazon River basin, Negro, Tapajos and Xingu Rivers of Brazil, and Orinoco River basin. Type Locality: Peru. Amazonas: Río Nanay, Río Amazonas dr. at Pampa Chica, 4.54 km from Iquitos center, 269º bearing, 03º45'07"S, 73º16'59"W.

Size:

36.0cm. T.L. (14½ins)

Temp:

20-24°c (67-75°f.)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

Reference:

Armbruster, J.W., 2003. The species of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa 249:1-60.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2021. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 11/2021 ).

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Hypostomus hemicochliodon

Hypostomus hemicochliodon
Maynas Province, Peru

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