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Ancistrus minutus Fisch-Muller, Mazzoni & Weber, 2001 |
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photo by
Fisch-Muller, S. |
| Family: | Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypostominae | |||
| Max. size: | 5.7 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: Upper Tocantins tributaries upstream of the dam of Serra da Mesa in Goiás, Brazil. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6-7; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 4-4; Vertebrae: 28-29. Small, wide, and very depressed body; short dorsal fin (3.9-4.6 times in SL); wide mouth; a small area of supraoccipital plate often depressed, slightly granular or without odontodes; exposed part of nuchal plate minute or totally covered by skin; dorsal and fins brownish with numerous small whitish spots, lips and belly yellowish, totally or mostly unpigmented. Dermal plates along dorsal-fin base 7-8. Short interdorsal distance, 5.5-6 times in SL. | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Endangered (EN); Date assessed: 07 November 2018 (B2ab(i,ii,iii)) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||