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Isbrueckerichthys saxicola Jerep, Shibatta, Pereira & Oyakawa, 2006 |
| Family: | Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae | |||
| Max. size: | 8.77 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: Ribeirão Jacutinga of rio Tibagi basin in Brazil. | |||
| Diagnosis: | ||||
| Biology: | Found usually on the bottom among rocks and stones in a small creek flowing through a landscape of mixed open fields and riparian vegetation, sometimes with a very degraded margin. The stream has rocky bottom with small to medium-sized rocks, loose stones and gravel, sometimes with sand and mud on the small pools bottoms, and has clear to turbid and moderate to strong flowing water (Ref. 57731). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Critically Endangered (CR); Date assessed: 07 November 2018 (B2ab(iii)) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||