Trophic Strategy
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Ratio of digestive tube/standard length: 0.5. Hunt their prey by excavatingthe substrate, using their mouths and barbels to turn over the sand-gravel substrate, while actively swimming among the bottom rocks (Ref. 27701).
Biology
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Frequently occur in large rivers with strong currents, in association with Heptapterus longior (Ref. 27188), Pimelodella, Hemiancistrus, Lasiancistrus, Lithoxus, Characidium and Leporinus granti. Are more or less cave-dwellers, their reproduction is seasonal and sex determination type ZZ/ZW (heterogametic female) (Ref. 35381)
