Rineloricaria atratoensis
Rineloricaria atratoensis Castellanos-Mejía, Londoño-Burbano, Ochoa, García-Alzate & DoNascimiento, 2024

Family:  Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Loricariinae
Max. size:  13.27 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: Colombia.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-7; Anal soft rays: 5-5. This species is distinguished from all trans-Andean and Central American congeners by the following characters: with first (unbranched) ray of dorsal, pectoral, and pelvic fins extended as a short filament; with paired deep depression between the nostrils and the interorbital region; with five plates along sides of dorsal-fin base; with three rows of median abdominal plates; with six dark brown transverse bars on the dorsal surface of the body; mid-dorsal plate series absent; breeding males with dimorphic odontodes on sides of head and on dorsum of pectoral fin; with a slender post-pectoral naked area (Ref. 132590).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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