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Cambeva babilonica Costa, Azevedo-Santos & Katz, 2025 |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes), subfamily: Trichomycterinae | |||
| Max. size: | 4.41 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: Brazil. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-8; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 5-5. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: anterior portion of the preopercle distinctively narrow and long and parurohyal foramen large, rudimentary or lacking; 14-16 dorsal procurrent caudal-fin rays; 28-31 interopercular odontodes; 21-24 premaxillary teeth, and 23-25 dentary teeth; medial margin of the autopalatine nearly straight to slightly convex; sesamoid supraorbital without a lateral projection; anterior portion of the mesethmoid just posterior to cornu base relatively narrow; dorsal process of the opercle stick-shaped; and posterior process of the parurohyal shorter than half length of the parurohyal lateral process; and S4 pore placed more posteriorly, nearer S6 pore than S3 pore (Ref 138050) | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||