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Leptotocinclus madeirae Delapieve, Lehmann A & Reis, 2018 |
| Family: | Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae | |||
| Max. size: | 3.06 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: middle rio Madeira and Purus in Brazil. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-7; Anal soft rays: 6-6; Vertebrae: 26-26. Leptotocinclus madeirae can be diagnosed from its congener L. ctenistus by the absence of a median series of abdominal plates (vs. presence of median series of plates, arranged in one single row) and by having 1-2 (except one specimen with 3) lateral abdominal plates (vs. 3-6). It further differs by having smaller size of the preanal plate (1.5-6.4% SL vs. 7.0-12.0% SL) (Ref. 116855). Description: anal fin i,5; pelvic fin i,5 (Ref. 116855). | |||
| Biology: | Collected from blackwater creeks and small rivers (Ref. 116855). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||