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Corumbataia veadeiros Carvalho, 2008 |
| Family: | Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae | |||
| Max. size: | 3.68 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: upper Rio Tocantins basin in Brazil. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-7; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 5-5; Vertebrae: 28-29. Distinguished from other species of Corumbataia by the following characters: absence of a raised tuft of enlarged odontodes on the supraoccipital (vs. presence); an infraorbital canal entering the infraorbital series via the sphenotic (vs.via the pterotic-supracleithrum); and caudal fin with vertical dark bars (vs. middle caudal-fin rays pigmented or one pair of hyaline areas on the dark background of the ventral and dorsal lobes) (Ref. 78746). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 07 November 2018 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||