| Family: |
Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae |
| Max. size: |
7.1 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
South America: Río Paraná and Río Paraguay drainage basin; no records for the upper Paraná upstream of Salto das Sete Quedas (Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil). |
| Diagnosis: |
Vertebrae: 25-25. This species is distinguished from its congeners by having the odontodes on the snout margin, the rostral plate, and first and second infraorbitals arranged in regular series; along the rostral margin, the dorsal and ventral series are separated by an odontode-free discontinuity approximately as wide as the base of individual odontodes; along the first and second infraorbitals, the discontinuity becomes narrower, but forms a dividing line between ventral and dorsal odontode series; odontode arrangement becomes more irregular posterolateral to the second infraorbital, and individual odontodes become roughly oriented with the trunk axis; in all other congeners, the ventral and dorsal odontodes on the rostrum are variably separated and/or covered by soft tissue, and odontodes are typically not clearly aligned in series (Ref. 84367). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 09 October 2020 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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