| Family: |
Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae |
| Max. size: |
3.68 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
South America: upper Rio Tocantins basin in Brazil. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-7; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 5-5; Vertebrae: 28-29. Distinguished from other species of Corumbataia by the following characters: absence of a raised tuft of enlarged odontodes on the supraoccipital (vs. presence); an infraorbital canal entering the infraorbital series via the sphenotic (vs.via the pterotic-supracleithrum); and caudal fin with vertical dark bars (vs. middle caudal-fin rays pigmented or one pair of hyaline areas on the dark background of the ventral and dorsal lobes) (Ref. 78746). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 07 November 2018 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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