| Family: |
Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae |
| Max. size: |
14 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
South America: Brazil in the rivers of the southern drainage of the serra dos Orgaos, Macaé and Macacú rivers. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-7; Anal soft rays: 6-6. Having simple, unicuspid teeth in both dentary and premaxilla; maxillary barbel long and not coalescing with the lower lip; 3-6 azygous pre-adipose plates; nuptial males with pectoral fin spines thickened and richly ornamented with long hypertrophied odontodes (Ref. 42856). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 07 November 2018 (B1b(iii)) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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