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Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes) > Microcambevinae
Etymology: Microcambeva: Greek, mikros = small + cambeva, a Tupí-Guaraní word = flattened head; ribeirae: Named for its type locality, Ribeira do Iguape.
Eponymy: In the case of the catfish and cichlid, this is a toponym referring to the Rio Ribeira de Iguape, a river basin in Brazil, which is the type locality. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Costa, Lima & Bizerril.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce demersal. Subtropical
Distribución
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South America: Rio Ribeira do Iguape basin in southeastern Brazil.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.8 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 53272)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9; Radios blandos anales: 8; Vértebra: 34. Differs from M. barbata in having short nasal barbels reaching just behind posterior nostril; eye positioned on posterior half of head; first pectoral-fin ray shorter than posterior ones, its tip not forming a distinct filament; anal fin origin posterior of vertical through base of last dorsal-fin ray; posteriormost pore of each supraorbital canal united in the midline, composing a single median pore; frontal elongated anteriorly; fontanel not extending anteriorly beyond posteriormost supraorbital pore; anterior portion of sphenotic with a prominent lateral process; anterior palatine ossification absent; posterior process of palatine elongate, about 60% of palatine bony portion without posterior process; and supraorbital bone elongate, about three times as long as lacrimal (Ref. 53272).
Occurs in clear, shallow streams (about 60 cm deep), with a gray sandy bottom, where some specimens were found entirely buried, except for snout and barbels (Ref. 53272).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Costa, W.J.E.M., S.M.Q. Lima and C.R.S.F. Bizerril, 2004. Microcambeva ribeirae sp. n. (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae): a new sarcoglanidine catfish from the Rio Ribeira do Iguape basin, southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 563:1-10. (Ref. 53272)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).