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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 | |||