Leptotocinclus madeirae Delapieve, Lehmann A & Reis, 2018

Family:  Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae
Max. size:  3.06 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: middle rio Madeira and Purus in Brazil.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-7; Anal soft rays: 6-6; Vertebrae: 26-26. Leptotocinclus madeirae can be diagnosed from its congener L. ctenistus by the absence of a median series of abdominal plates (vs. presence of median series of plates, arranged in one single row) and by having 1-2 (except one specimen with 3) lateral abdominal plates (vs. 3-6). It further differs by having smaller size of the preanal plate (1.5-6.4% SL vs. 7.0-12.0% SL) (Ref. 116855). Description: anal fin i,5; pelvic fin i,5 (Ref. 116855).
Biology:  Collected from blackwater creeks and small rivers (Ref. 116855).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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