Corumbataia veadeiros Carvalho, 2008

Family:  Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae
Max. size:  3.68 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: upper Rio Tocantins basin in Brazil.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-7; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 5-5; Vertebrae: 28-29. Distinguished from other species of Corumbataia by the following characters: absence of a raised tuft of enlarged odontodes on the supraoccipital (vs. presence); an infraorbital canal entering the infraorbital series via the sphenotic (vs.via the pterotic-supracleithrum); and caudal fin with vertical dark bars (vs. middle caudal-fin rays pigmented or one pair of hyaline areas on the dark background of the ventral and dorsal lobes) (Ref. 78746).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 07 November 2018 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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