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Cambeva ventropapillata Costa, Feltrin, Mattos, Dalcin, Abilhoa & Katz, 2023 |
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photo by
Costa, W.J.E.M. et al., 2023 |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes), subfamily: Trichomycterinae | |||
| Max. size: | 8.28 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: Brazil. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-7; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 5-5. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: broad laminar, ribbon-shaped nasal barbels; maxillary and rictal barbels broad at their basal portion, abruptly narrowing distally; large skin papillae on the ventral surface of the head; longer maxillary and rictal barbels, their tips posteriorly reaching the anterior region of the interopercular patch of odontodes; mouth subterminal; and the anal-fin origin at a vertical through the posterior portion of the dorsal-fin base (Ref. 128385). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||