Corumbataia Britskii
📖 Overview
Found in deforested areas in moderate to fast current streams and in association with aquatic macrophytes or in the submerged portion of marginal vegetation. Feeds on filamentous blue-green algae, chlorophytes, diatoms and periderm .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Vertebrae: 27 - 28. Distinguished from its congeners by possessing a more depressed head profile, a more developed and conspicuous tuft of enlarged odontodes on the tip of the supraoccipital and a partially enclosed arrector fossae. : elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Corumbataia Britskii is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical South America: upper Rio Paraná basin in Brazil.
🌿 Ecology
filamentous blue-green algae, chlorophytes, diatoms and periderm (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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