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Rineloricaria giua Castellanos-Mejía, Londoño-Burbano, Ochoa, García-Alzate & DoNascimiento, 2024 |
| Family: | Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Loricariinae | |||
| Max. size: | 9.5 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: Colombia. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 5-5. This species is distinguished from all trans-Andean and Central American congeners by the following characters: absence of mid-dorsal plate series; with four or five rows of median abdominal plates; four plates along sides of dorsal-fin base, lateral margins of snout straight, and breeding males with hypertrophied odontodes on sides of head and dorsum of pectoral fin; absence of a paired deep depression between the nostrils and the interorbital region and postorbital notch small and shallow; slender post-pectoral naked area (Ref. 132590). | |||
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| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||