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 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Corumbataia britskii Ferreira & Ribeiro, 2007 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Chapadão Pedra Azul, 19°12'15''S, 52°43'55''W, Rio Sucuriú, upper Rio Paraná basin, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil. |
| Etymology | Named after a locality, Corumbataia do Sul, in Brasil. Named after Dr. Heraldo A. Britski, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZUSP), in recognition of his many contributions to our understanding of Hypoptopomatinae catfishes. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 27mm or 1.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: upper Rio Paraná basin in Brazil. La Plata, Paraná, Upper Paraná, Sucuriú (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Vulnerable , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Feeds on filamentous blue-green algae, chlorophytes, diatoms and periderm User data. |
| Furniture | Found in deforested areas in moderate to fast current streams and in association with aquatic macrophytes or in the submerged portion of marginal vegetation. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Zootaxa No. 1386, pp 60, Figs. 1, 3A, 4A, 5A. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.4.378.2349 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:03 (species record created: 2009 Sep 24 13:05) |