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Pareiorhaphis garbei (Ihering, 1911) |
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photo by
Brito, M.F.G. |
| Family: | Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae | |||
| Max. size: | 14 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: Brazil in the rivers of the southern drainage of the serra dos Orgaos, Macaé and Macacú rivers. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-7; Anal soft rays: 6-6. Having simple, unicuspid teeth in both dentary and premaxilla; maxillary barbel long and not coalescing with the lower lip; 3-6 azygous pre-adipose plates; nuptial males with pectoral fin spines thickened and richly ornamented with long hypertrophied odontodes (Ref. 42856). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 07 November 2018 (B1b(iii)) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||