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| Scientific Name | Schizolecis guntheri (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918) |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Ilha de São Sebastião, Estado de São Paulo, Brazil. |
| Synonym(s) | Microlepidogaster guntheri, Pseudotocinclus ribeiroi |
| Etymology | (Greek)Schizein=to divide + (Greek) lekis, -idos=a little plate. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 40mm (1.6") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: southeastern Brazil. Espirito Santo State Rivers (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Sao Paulo State Rivers (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Minas Gerais State Rivers (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Rio de Janeiro State Rivers (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Other Parameters | Inhabits streams with rocky and sandy bottom, mostly in shallows and backwaters up to 30 cm deep, with slow water flow (0.5-10 cm/sec). Before grazing on a patch with dense sediment, it makes wiggling head-down movements to dislodge sediment. When scrapping algae off the substrate, it makes vigorous mouth movements, and moves by jerky movements probably related to its mouth making alternate grazing and attaching to the substrate. Grazing leaves characteristic, parallel and elongated marks on the substrate. Density may reach about 0.09 fish.m-2 in stream stretches shaded by forest canopy and 0.15 fish.m-2 in sunned stretches. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Forages mostly during the day with some night activity also recorded. Grazes on microscopic algae, mostly diatoms and green algae growing on rocks and submersed vegetation; occasionally takes chironomid and simuliid larvae. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Rev. Mus. Paulistav. 10 - pp634 [6] |
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| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2008 Mar 31 02:09 (species record created: 2002 Mar 07 00:00) |
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