Isbrueckerichthys saxicola Jerep, Shibatta, Pereira & Oyakawa, 2006

Family:  Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae
Max. size:  8.77 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: Ribeirão Jacutinga of rio Tibagi basin in Brazil.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Found usually on the bottom among rocks and stones in a small creek flowing through a landscape of mixed open fields and riparian vegetation, sometimes with a very degraded margin. The stream has rocky bottom with small to medium-sized rocks, loose stones and gravel, sometimes with sand and mud on the small pools bottoms, and has clear to turbid and moderate to strong flowing water (Ref. 57731).
IUCN Red List Status: Critically Endangered (CR); Date assessed: 07 November 2018 (B2ab(iii)) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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