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Hypoptopoma psilogaster Fowler, 1915 |
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| Family: | Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae | |||
| Max. size: | 7 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: Amazon River basin. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Vertebrae: 28-27. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the presence of an elongated dark spot along the middle caudal-fin branched rays, not involving the lanceolate plates at the base of the fin; the spot is typically extended over equal number of upper- and lower-lobe branched rays and along more than two thirds of the ray length (Ref. 84367). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 09 October 2020 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||