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Cambeva tourensis Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2023 |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes), subfamily: Trichomycterinae | |||
| Max. size: | 6.39 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: Brazil. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-12; Anal soft rays: 9-10; Vertebrae: 39-39. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: pelvic fins and girdle absent; branchiostegal rays 8; vertebrae 39; six pectoral-fin rays; filament on the extremity of the first pectoral-fin ray absent; anterior segment of the infraorbital latero-sensory canal absent; dorsal 18 and ventral 13 procurrent caudal-fin rays; opercular odontodes 9-11; jaw teeth sub-incisiform, tip rounded; autopalatine with a well-developed postero-lateral process; sesamoid supraorbital slender, without lateral projections, and long, about three times antorbital length; slender opercular odontode patch, with depth about half length of dorsal hyomandibula articular facet; lateral process of the parurohyal broad; pleural ribs 17 or 18 (Ref. 137687). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||