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Cambeva luteoreticulata Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2024 |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes), subfamily: Trichomycterinae | |||
| Max. size: | 8.16 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: Brazil. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-7; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 5-5; Vertebrae: 38-40. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: unique rounded, stapula-shaped caudal fin in specimens above about 40 mm SL; short barbels, with the nasal barbel not reaching the orbit in specimens above 60 mm SL and maxillary and rictal barbels not reaching the interopercular patch of odontodes; anterior segment of the infraorbital series absent; procurrent caudal-fin rays 21 or 22 dorsal and 15 or 16 ventral; opercular odontodes 10-12; hypertrophied papillae on the head surface absent; narrow nasal barbel; unique pattern of ontogenetic colouration change consisting of flank pale yellow with irregularly shaped and arranged; dark brown to black blotches in specimens below about 40 mm SL, dark brown, with small, irregularly shaped pale yellow marks forming reticulate pattern in larger specimens; 7 pectoral-fin rays; anterior infraorbital absent; posterior margin of the caudal fin convex; pectoral-fin filament absent; 9 or 10 opercular odontodes; 29-32 interopercular odontodes; 15 or 16 ventral procurrent caudal-fin rays; dorsal-fin origin at a vertical through the centrum of the 21st or 22nd vertebra; jaw teeth incisiform, teeth arranged in rows; and 38-–40 vertebrae (Ref. 137708). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||