Hypostomus cochliodon

Hypostomus cochliodon is a species of armored catfish native to the Paraguay and middle Paraná River basins in northern Argentina, southern Brazil and Paraguay.[3] Initially it did not occur in the upper Paraná basin above the Guaíra Falls, but these disappeared after the construction of the Itaipu Dam, allowing this species (and several others) to spread.[4] It grows to a standard length of 23 cm (9.1 in).[5]

Hypostomus cochliodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Hypostominae
Tribe: Hypostomini
Genus: Hypostomus
Species:
H. cochliodon[1]
Binomial name
Hypostomus cochliodon[1]
(Kner, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Cochliodon cochliodon (Kner 1854)[2]
  • Cochliodon hypostomus Kner 1854[1]
  • Loricaria melanoptera Kner 1854[1]

The species is sometimes kept in aquaria.

Unlike most other Loricariidae, it has been speculated that this fish is a wood-eating specialist alongside the usual plant material and algae (see also xylophagy in Panaque).[6]

References
  1. Kner, Rudolf (1854). "Die Hypostomiden. Zweite Hauptgruppe der Familie der Panzerfische. (Loricata vel Goniodontes)". Denkschriften der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. 7: 265–267 (15–17). Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  2. Isbrücker, I. J. H. (1980). "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)". Verslagen en Technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoöogie, Universiteit van Amsterdam. 22: 1–181.
  3. Tencatt, Zawadzki, and Froehlich (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 12(3). doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20130162
  4. Júlio Júnior, Dei Tós, Agostinho, and Pavanelli (2009). A massive invasion of fish species after eliminating a natural barrier in the upper rio Paraná basin. Neotropical Ichthyology 7(4): 709–18. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252009000400021
  5. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Hypostomus cochliodon" in FishBase. October 2017 version.
  6. "Hypostomus cochliodon - Loricariisae - Cat-eLog". Retrieved 6 November 2011.


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