| 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)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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