Cetopsis aspis Abrahão, Mol & de Pinna, 2019

Family:  Cetopsidae (Whale catfishes), subfamily: Cetopsinae
Max. size:  7.14 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: Guyana and Suriname.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Collected from small and shallow stream, 5-10 m wide, 48-88 cm deep, with grey-white turbid water due to upstream activities of gold miners. Found in sandy bottom, with gravel, woody debris and with aquatic macrophytes (Thurnia sphaerocephala (Ref. 128465).
IUCN Red List Status: Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 06 October 2020 (B1ab(ii,iii)) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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