Corumbataia cuestae

Britski, 1997

(Type species)
Corumbataia cuestae
according to the origin Corumbatía do Sul
 
Family
 
Subfamily
 
Tribe
 
Subgenus / Species group
Synonyms
Cascudinho
Length (total)
approx.  4 cm
Standard length (documented)
28.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
18 - 24 °C

São Paulo

Brazil

Rio Piracicaba ➙ rio Tietê ➙ río Paraná ➙ río de la Plata
Map to Corumbataia cuestae
Type of water
Clear water
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
algae, Chironomidae (Chironomidae) (larvae)
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
 
 
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
  • Britski, H. A., 1997 "Descrição de um novo gênero de Hypoptopomatinae, com duas espécies novas (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo) P. 231
  • Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 322
  • H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1"  edition: 2 (2005) P.360 - 362
Pic. 2: Corumbataia cuestae
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