| Auchenipteridae (Driftwood catfishes), subfamily: Centromochlinae |
| 4.07 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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demersal; freshwater |
| South America: known only from the type locality in Curuá river, lower Amazon basin, Brazil. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5-5; Anal soft rays: 10-10; Vertebrae: 32-32. Diagnosed from other species of the genus Tatia by the following features: males with distinctive modified anal fin, with elongate rays, with no denticulations on ray segments; cranial fontanel wide, with a single opening; infraorbital 1 with pronounced ventral process, almost reaching the antero-ventral border of eye rim; nasal ossified as tubes, with no medial flanges of bone and not sutured to mesethmoid; five branched pectoral-fin rays; and snout deep,
depth more than 46.7% HL. Can be further distinguished by having caudal fin lobes with about the same length in both adult females and males; post-Weberian vertebrae 32; and a smaller adult size, less than 5.0 cm SL (Ref. 79512).
Description: A iii,7; V i+5. Post -Weberian vertebrae 32 (Ref. 79512). |
| Attains sexual maturity at 2.93 cm SL (Ref. 79512). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 07 November 2018 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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