Corumbataia cuestae

Corumbataia cuestae
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae
Tribe: Otothyrini
Genus: Corumbataia
Species: C. cuestae
Binomial name
Corumbataia cuestae
Britski, 1997

Corumbataia cuestae is a species of armored catfish endemic to Brazil where it is found in small streams of the Tietê River (upper Paraná River basin).[1] This species grows to a length of 3.3 centimetres (1.3 in) SL.[2]

References

  1. Ferreira, Katiane M.; Ribeiro, Alexandre C. (2007). "Corumbataia britskii (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) a new species from the upper Rio Paraná basin, Mato Grosso do Sul, Central Brazil" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1386: 59–68.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Corumbataia cuestae" in FishBase. December 2011 version.


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