Microcambeva caissara

Medeiros, Souto-Santos, Buckup, Ferrer, Reis, de Pinna & Lima, 2026
Microcambeva caissara
‘caiçara’ - term for the indigenous people along the coast of Paraná
 
Subfamily
Synonyms
unknown
vulnerable
Length (total)
approx.  5 cm
Standard length (documented)
41.7 mm

Paraná

Brazil

rio Guaraqueçaba → baia de Paranaguã → Atlantic SE

[ -25.158,-48.229 ]
Map to Microcambeva caissara
High above sea level
15 - 20 m
Type of water
Clear water
Flow
normal
Substrate
sand
On the riverbank
forest
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
 
 
Sympatric with
Characidium lanei
Characidium pterostictum
Deuterodon iguape
Hollandichthys multifasciatus
Hyphessobrycon sp.
Mimagoniates microlepis
Phalloceros alessandrae
Phalloceros pellos
Phalloceros titthos
Scleromystax barbatus
Synbranchus marmoratus
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Pic. 2: Microcambeva caissara
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