All Fishes ⇒ Callichthyidae ⇒ Corydoradinae ⇒ The genus Hoplisoma

Hop to next section 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, and close to mandatory, substrate should be sand, but rounded gravel is an imperfect alternative. Avoid keeping over rough edged (chipped) gravel or sharp sand. This will increase the risk of damage to 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 a group of 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 136mm, average 47mm, most commonly 55mm. All SL.
Species There are 210 "species" in the database
Keepers 27 species (12%) are being kept by registered keepers
New spp. / time
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Distribution

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Hop to next section Most Kept Species
1.
Hoplisoma paleatumHoplisoma paleatum
(13.04%)
2.
Hoplisoma pandaHoplisoma panda
(11.59%)
3.
Hoplisoma sterbaiHoplisoma sterbai
(8.7%)
4.
Hoplisoma juliiHoplisoma julii
(7.25%)
5.
Hoplisoma habrosumHoplisoma habrosum
(4.35%)
6.
Hoplisoma simileHoplisoma simile
(4.35%)
7.
Hoplisoma trilineatumHoplisoma trilineatum
(4.35%)
8.
Hoplisoma schwartziHoplisoma schwartzi
(4.35%)
9.
Hoplisoma adolfoiHoplisoma adolfoi
(4.35%)
10.
Hoplisoma sp. (Cw028)Hoplisoma sp. (Cw028)
(2.9%)
11.
Hoplisoma gosseiHoplisoma gossei
(2.9%)
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