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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Rhinelepinae
Etymology: Pogonopoma: Greek, pogon = beard + Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum (Ref. 45335); obscurum: From its dark coloration; an adjective.
More on authors: Quevedo & Reis.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: upper Uruguay River basin.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 43112)
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Fairly common and inhabits stretches of the main river and its tributaries, with relatively rapid water currents over rocky bottoms with boulders.
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Quevedo, R. and R.E. Reis, 2002. Pogonopoma obscurum: a new species of loricariid catfish (Siluriformes: Loricarridae) from southern Brazil, with comments on the genus Pogonopoma. Copeia 2002(2):402-410. (Ref. 43112)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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