Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 3 cm
Standard length (documented)
19.6 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Locality
in/near rapids, in pools
Substrate
rocks
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
iii / 2 rays
ii / 2 rays
5 soft rays
i / 3 rays
ii / 2 rays
5 soft rays
i / 3 rays
Sympatric with
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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 278
- Myers, G.S. & Weitzman, S.H., 1966 "Two remarkable new trichomycterid catfishes from the Amazon basin in Brazil and Colombia" (Journal of Zoology, Vol. 149, P. 279)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 412)
- Claeson, K.M.; Hagadorn, J.W.; Luckenbill, K.R. & Lundberg, J., 2008 "Anatomy of the very tiny: First description of the head skeleton of the rare South American catfish Sarcoglanis simplex (Siluriformes : Trichomycteridae)" (Palaeontologia Electronica, Vol. 11 No. 2)
- Mattos, J.L.O. de; Costa, W.J.E.M. & Souza Gama, C. de, 2008 "A new minature species of Ammoglanis (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Brazilian Amazon" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 19 No. 2, P. 161)
- Datovo, A. & Bockman F.A., 2010 "Dorsolateral head muscles of the catfish families Nematogenyidae and Trichomycteridae (Siluriformes: Loricarioidei): Comparative anatomy and phylogenetic analysis" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 2 No. 8, P. 197)
- Mattos, J.L.O. de & Lima, S.M.Q., 2012 "Microcambeva draco, a new species from northeastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 21 No.3, P. 233)
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