Pareiorhaphis garbei (Ihering, 1911)
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


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