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| Scientific Name | Hypostomus cochliodon Kner, 1854 |
| Common Names | LDA051, Cochliodon Pleco L310, Abrikossugemalle (Denmark), Apricot Pleco |
| Type Locality | Rio Cuiabá, Brazil. |
| Synonym(s) | Cochliodon cochliodon, Cochliodon hypostomus, Loricaria melanoptera |
| Pronunciation | hi POSS tow muss - cock LEE oh don |
| Etymology | Greek, hypo = under + Greek, stoma = mouth. From the Latin, coclea (coch-), for spoon, and the Greek, odon, for 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. |
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| Size | 230mm or 9.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Very similar to L137 from the Rio Tapajos and similar to L310 from Bahia; both in Brazil. Previously placed in Cochliodon and now included in the larger genus, Hypostomus as a member of the Hypostomus Cochliodon group. All these species have higher backs than other conspecifics and spoon shaped teeth (like Panaque). See link below. |
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| Distribution | South America: Paraguay and middle Paraná River basins. La Plata, Paraná, Middle Paraná (click on these areas to find other species found there) La Plata, Paraná, Paraguay (click on these areas to find other species found there) La Plata, Paraná, Middle Paraná, Bermejo (click on these areas to find other species found there) La Plata, Paraná, Paraguay, Upper Paraguay, Cuiabá (click on these areas to find other species found there) |
