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| Scientific Name | Hypostomus hemicochliodon Armbruster, 2003 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | 4.54 km from Iquitos center, 269° bearing, 3°45'07 |
| Pronunciation | hi POSS tow muss |
| Etymology | Greek, hypo = under + Greek, stoma = mouth. From the Latin, hemi, for half, 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. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 209mm (8.2") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | 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 color with closely spaced spots, by having a greater dorsal-anal length to anal-fin length ratio and almost completely by having a larger interorbital width/HL ratio. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Rio Amazonas in Peru, Ecuador and Brazil, and the upper Rio Negro drainage and the upper Rio Orinoco drainage in Venezuela. Amazon (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes)  , Negro (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)Orinoco (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Temperature | 22.0-28.0°C or 71.6-82.4°F (Show others within this range) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Zootaxa 29 Fig. 12 |
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| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2007 Feb 15 04:45 (species record created: 2004 Aug 07 00:00) |
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