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Rineloricaria cachivera Urbano-Bonilla, Londoño-Burbano & Carvalho, 2023 |
| Family: | Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Loricariinae | |||
| Max. size: | 12.28 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: Colombia. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-7; Anal soft rays: 5-5. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: presence of a transverse dorsal band that is not well defined and is curved, similar to that band observed on anterior border of snout, anterior to the first predorsal plate; presence of dark, diffuse blotches, seen as unified dark colouration along most of dorsal portion of head, without bands or spots on head; a long snout that occupies more than half the HL, between 58.0% and 66.3% HL; naked portion on the cleithral region from border of lower lip reaching origin of pectoral fin; five series of lateral plates in longitudinal rows below the dorsal fin; presence of six branched pectoral fin rays and the lower lip surface with short thick papillae (Ref. 137795). | |||
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| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||