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Corumbataia britskii Ferreira & Ribeiro, 2007 |
| Family: | Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae | |||
| Max. size: | 2.7 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: upper Rio Paraná basin in Brazil. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Vertebrae: 27-28. Distinguished from its congeners by possessing a more depressed head profile, a more developed and conspicuous tuft of enlarged odontodes on the tip of the supraoccipital and a partially enclosed arrector fossae. Description: dorsal-fin branched rays 7; anal-fin branched rays 5; pectoral-fin branched rays 6; pelvic-fin branched rays 5 (Ref. 57842). | |||
| Biology: | Found in deforested areas in moderate to fast current streams and in association with aquatic macrophytes or in the submerged portion of marginal vegetation. Feeds on filamentous blue-green algae, chlorophytes, diatoms and periderm (Ref. 57842). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Vulnerable (VU); Date assessed: 07 November 2018 (D2) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||