FB-60379 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60379 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Characiformes Iguanodectidae Bryconops Bryconops imitator Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 2002 Cascudo 2003-06-02 2021-10-25 Ribeiro, A.C., A.L.A. Melo and E.H.L. Pereira0 A new species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Sao Francisco basin, southeastern Brazil. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 13(3):217-224. (Ref. 47265) Sarmento-Soares, L.M., P. Lehmann A. and R.F. Martins-Pinheiro0 Parotocinclus arandai, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loraicariidae) from the upper rios Jucuruçu and Buranhém, States of Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 7(2):191-198. (Ref. 81204) Barbosa, J.M. and E.C. Soares0 Perfil da ictiofauna da Bacia do São Francisco: estudo preliminar. Revista Brasileira de Engenharia de Pesca 4(1): 155-172. (Ref. 86296) Saks, L.0 Estonian Common Names, Rank 2. Personal communication (Ref. 116654) FB-GeneralDescr-60385 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2003-06-03 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60385 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Found in clear water creeks surrounded by dense gallery forest, with bottom composed of rocks, pebbles and sand, with submerged litter only at the bottoms of the larger and deeper pools. Also occurs in larger water bodies with scarce marginal vegetation and the substrate composed solely of sand. Feeds on diatoms, cyanobacteria, green algae and organic matter (Ref. 47265). Ribeiro, A.C., A.L.A. Melo and E.H.L. Pereira 2002 A new species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Sao Francisco basin, southeastern Brazil. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 13(3):217-224. (Ref. 47265) FB-DiagnosticDescr-60385 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2003-06-03 00:00:00 2005-01-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60385 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Total absence of platelets on the abdomen in specimens of all sizes; and by having rostral plates reduced in extent with anterior margins that fall short of the anterior of the rostral margin of the snout, lacking a ventral curvature (Ref. 47265). Further distinguished from other Parotocinclus species with naked areas on the abdomen by having 25-29 median plates and by having the pectoral girdle exposed only on small areas on each side (Ref. 47265). Ribeiro, A.C., A.L.A. Melo and E.H.L. Pereira 2002 A new species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Sao Francisco basin, southeastern Brazil. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 13(3):217-224. (Ref. 47265) FB-Distribution-60385 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2003-06-03 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60385 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses South America: Rio da Prata, a tributary of the Rio Sao Francisco basin in southeastern Brazil. Ribeiro, A.C., A.L.A. Melo and E.H.L. Pereira 2002 A new species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Sao Francisco basin, southeastern Brazil. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 13(3):217-224. (Ref. 47265) FB-Uses-60385 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2003-06-03 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60385 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Migration fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-60385 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2003-06-03 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60385 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle 5.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 81204)) Sarmento-Soares, L.M., P. Lehmann A. and R.F. Martins-Pinheiro 2009 Parotocinclus arandai, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loraicariidae) from the upper rios Jucuruçu and Buranhém, States of Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 7(2):191-198. (Ref. 81204) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-60385 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2003-06-03 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60385 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size demersal; freshwater