FB-66706 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66706 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Perciformes/Cottoidei Liparidae Careproctus Careproctus pellucicauda Stein, 2012 2012-12-20 2024-03-14 Ribeiro, A.C., F.C.T. Lima and E.H.L. Pereira0 A new genus and species of a minute suckermouth armored catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Tocantins Drainage, Central Brazil: the smallest known loricariid catfish. Copeia 2012(4):637-647. (Ref. 92524) Saks, L.0 Estonian Common Names, Rank 2. Personal communication (Ref. 116654) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-GeneralDescr-66715 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2013-01-04 00:00:00 2024-07-18 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66715 The type-locality, the Rio da Lapa, is a moderately sized (8-12 meters wide), fast-flowing, clear-water river, with a predominantly rocky bottom, running across the savannah-like cerrado vegetation. Also known in the São Domingos karst area, situated immediately below the river resurgences of several tributaries of the Rio São Domingos, including the Rio da Lapa. Not recorded within the subterranean river stretches (Ref. 92524). Ribeiro, A.C., F.C.T. Lima and E.H.L. Pereira 2012 A new genus and species of a minute suckermouth armored catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Tocantins Drainage, Central Brazil: the smallest known loricariid catfish. Copeia 2012(4):637-647. (Ref. 92524) FB-DiagnosticDescr-66715 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2013-01-07 00:00:00 2013-01-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66715 This species is distinguished by the following characters: unique lateral dermal plate arrangement, in which the mid-dorsal and median plate series are greatly reduced in number of elements; thus, most of the body is covered by only three series of plates (viz., dorsal, mid-ventral, and ventral plate series) posteriorly from the abdomen to caudal peduncle (vs. typically five lateral dermal plate series present, plate series decreasing to three series, viz. dorsal, median, and ventral plate series, only at the caudal peduncle in most other Loricariidae genera) (Ref. 92524). Ribeiro, A.C., F.C.T. Lima and E.H.L. Pereira 2012 A new genus and species of a minute suckermouth armored catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Tocantins Drainage, Central Brazil: the smallest known loricariid catfish. Copeia 2012(4):637-647. (Ref. 92524) FB-Distribution-66715 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2013-01-04 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66715 South America: Central Brazil. Ribeiro, A.C., F.C.T. Lima and E.H.L. Pereira 2012 A new genus and species of a minute suckermouth armored catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Tocantins Drainage, Central Brazil: the smallest known loricariid catfish. Copeia 2012(4):637-647. (Ref. 92524) FB-Uses-66715 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2013-01-04 00:00:00 2024-07-18 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66715 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-66715 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2013-01-04 00:00:00 2024-07-18 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66715 2.2 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 92524)); 2.22 cm SL (female) Ribeiro, A.C., F.C.T. Lima and E.H.L. Pereira 2012 A new genus and species of a minute suckermouth armored catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Tocantins Drainage, Central Brazil: the smallest known loricariid catfish. Copeia 2012(4):637-647. (Ref. 92524) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-66715 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2013-01-04 00:00:00 2024-07-18 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66715 benthopelagic; freshwater