| Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypostominae |
| 10.06 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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demersal; freshwater |
| South America: Colombia. |
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This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: presence of a fleshy keel in the posterior end of its supra-occipital plate; it has a greater brachial width and predorsal distance, a supra-occipital with a sharp posterior end; papillary patches 1-6 in the oral cavity; pelvic fin reaching posterior part of the anal fin; interopercular odontodes 2-6; infraorbital plates are different, with the sixth IO is connected to the fifth IO; morphology of maxillary, opercular and basipterigium bones are also different (Ref. 123877 ). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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