| Family: |
Auchenipteridae (Driftwood catfishes), subfamily: Centromochlinae |
| Max. size: |
11.68 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
South America: Central Amazon River basin, Negro River and Casiquiare Channel. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 4-5; Anal soft rays: 9-10; Vertebrae: 29-30. Distinguished from all congeners by having a completely striped color pattern, bearing whitish elongate longitudinal irregular stripes along lateral sides of body. Adult male with a unique arrangement of modified anal fin, with the second unbranched anal-fin ray with anterior enlarged segments and a notch formed by the reduction of the second and third branched rays. Additional features useful to separate this species from all congeners include: pectoral-fin with four branched rays; 7 ribs; vertebrae 29-30; and upper caudal-fin lobe slightly elongated in mature males, same length in females (Ref. 79512).
Description: A iii,6-7; V i+5. Post-Weberian vertebrae (Ref. 79512). |
| Biology: |
Collected in an igarape of rivers, hidden in submerged trunk. Feeds mainly on juvenile and adult insects. |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 19 August 2020 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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