Corumbataia britskii Ferreira & Ribeiro, 2007

Family:  Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae
Max. size:  2.7 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: upper Rio Paraná basin in Brazil.
Diagnosis:  Vertebrae: 27-28. Distinguished from its congeners by possessing a more depressed head profile, a more developed and conspicuous tuft of enlarged odontodes on the tip of the supraoccipital and a partially enclosed arrector fossae. Description: dorsal-fin branched rays 7; anal-fin branched rays 5; pectoral-fin branched rays 6; pelvic-fin branched rays 5 (Ref. 57842).
Biology:  Found in deforested areas in moderate to fast current streams and in association with aquatic macrophytes or in the submerged portion of marginal vegetation. Feeds on filamentous blue-green algae, chlorophytes, diatoms and periderm (Ref. 57842).
IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU); Date assessed: 07 November 2018 (D2) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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