Cat-eLog Right Callichthyidae Right Corydoradinae Right The genus Hoplisoma

Down Summary of hoplisoma
Pronounced hop lee so mah
Feeding Will readily accepted all prepared foods that reach the bottom of the aquarium such as tablets, granules and larger flakes. Live (or frozen) foods such as bloodworm, white worm, grindal worm (Enchytraeus), Daphnia and Tubifex are readily accepted and good for conditioning groups of fishes for spawning.
Compatibility A peaceful, shoaling, community fish.
Furniture Ideally substrate should be sand, but rounded gravel is an imperfect alternative. Avoid keeping over rough edged (chipped) gravel, this will increase this risk of damage the fishes barbels when it tries to dig. Substrate should be bordered with driftwood and aquatic plants leaving an open area for them to search for food and swim. The shade provided by overhanging rock work, arching bogwood, tall or floating plants are all that is required to settle these fishes.
Sexing Females grow larger and are more full-bodied, this is best observed from above the fish. Males will typically have more pointed as opposed to more rounded fin tips as they mature.
Size Smallest 20mm, largest 68mm, average 46mm, most commonly 55mm. All SL.
Species There are 204 "species" in the database
Keepers 186 species (91%) are being kept by registered keepers
New spp. / time
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Distribution

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Down Most Kept Species
1.
Hoplisoma sterbaiHoplisoma sterbai
(12.11%)
2.
Hoplisoma paleatusHoplisoma paleatus
(9.54%)
3.
Hoplisoma pandaHoplisoma panda
(8.68%)
4.
Hoplisoma trilineatumHoplisoma trilineatum
(5.59%)
5.
Hoplisoma habrosumHoplisoma habrosum
(4.7%)
6.
Hoplisoma similisHoplisoma similis
(3.15%)
7.
Hoplisoma weitzmaniHoplisoma weitzmani
(3.02%)
8.
Hoplisoma adolfoiHoplisoma adolfoi
(3.01%)
9.
Hoplisoma grantiHoplisoma granti
(2.85%)
10.
Hoplisoma duplicareumHoplisoma duplicareum
(2.76%)
11.
Hoplisoma metaeHoplisoma metae
(2.73%)
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