| Family: |
Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypostominae |
| Max. size: |
25.08 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater; depth range - 30 m |
| Distribution: |
South America: Brazil. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-7; Anal soft rays: 4-4. This species is distinguished from all its congeners by having very short dorsal, pectoral and pelvic fins: dorsal-fin spine length approximately equal to the distance from the snout tip to the mid-length of interorbital distance, pectoral-fin spine not reaching to pelvic-fin insertion; and pelvic-fin spine not or just reaching to anal-fin origin (vs. dorsal-fin spine length varying from equal to head length in most species to similar to predorsal length, pectoral-fin spine surpassing insertion of pelvic spine, and pelvic-fin spine surpassing origin of anal fin) (Ref. 124776).
Description: D II,7, with spinelet; A I,4; pectoral I,6; pelvic I,5. |
| Biology: |
Collected at the depth of approximately 30 meters over rocky bottom in areas with slow water flow (Ref. 124776). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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