| 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: |
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| 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)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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