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Rhadinoloricaria papillosa Crispim-Rodrigues, Bernt, Waltz, Silva, Benine, Oliveira, Covain & Roxo, 2023 |
| Family: | Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Loricariinae | |||
| Max. size: | 7.39 cm SL (female) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: Brazil. | |||
| Diagnosis: | This species is distinguished by the following characters: maxillary barbel extending beyond the pectoral-fin base; teeth few in both jaws (1-2 in premaxilla; 4-6 in dentary); edge of lips with barbelets, surface of lips with papillae and with one thick barbelet behind premaxillae and other two barbelets next to each pre-maxillae; in the holotype the barbelet behind premaxillae ramifies into two conical arms with equal size, while in paratypes this thick barbelet is not ramified; differs from all its congeners by the presence of a unique pattern of the buccal ornamentation, with numerous elongated smooth papillae in irregular rows on lower lip (vs. papillae not elongated; differs from R. macromystax, R. stewarti and R. listrorhinos by having fewer premaxillary teeth, 1-2 (vs. 4-6 in macromystax, stewarti, and 5-6 in listrorhinos), and by having a triangular-shaped head in dorsal view (vs. spatula-shaped head); differs from R. rhami by maxillary barbel reaching the middle of the pectoral fin (vs. maxillary barbel not reaching the gill opening) (Ref. 128857). | |||
| Biology: | Occurs at the bottom of Rio Negro (Ref. 128857). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||