saga (dt.) = heroic song, rana (Tupi-Guarani) = similarity
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 4 cm
Standard length (documented)
24.2 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
absent
I / 5 rays
slightly convex
7 + 7 soft rays
dark point at the base of the fin
II / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 5 rays
slightly convex
7 + 7 soft rays
dark point at the base of the fin
II / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
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
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Roxo, F.F.; da Costa e Silva, G.S.; Orrego L.E. & Oliveira, C., 2015 "Description of a new genus and three new species of Otothyrinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (ZooKeys, No. 534, P. 103)
- Silva, G.S.C.; Roxo, F.F.; Melo, B.F. & Oliveira, c., 2016 "New species of Curculionichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the eastern Guiana Shield" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4175 No. 3, P. 290)
- Roxo, Fábio F.; Dias, Angelica C., Silva, Gabriel S. C.& Oliveira, Claudio, 2017 "Two new species of Curculionichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Amazonas basin, Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4341 No. 2, P. 268)
- Calegari, B.B.; Gamarra, S.P. & Reis, R.E., 2018 "A New Species of Curculionichthys (Siluriformes: Hypoptopomatinae) from the Western Border of the Brazilian Shield, Madeira River Basin, Brazil" (abstract) (Copeia, Vol. 106 No. 4, P. 669)
- Gamarra, S.P.; Calegari, B.B. & Reis, R.E., 2019 "A new species of Curculionichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the north edge of the Brazilian Shield, lower Amazon basin" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 17 No. 2)
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