Copionodon orthiocarinatus
Copionodon orthiocarinatus de Pinna, 1992


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Family:  Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes), subfamily: Copionodontinae
Max. size:  7.5 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: Mucujê River, tributary of the Paraguaçu River in Brazil.
Diagnosis:  Interopercle with 2 rows of odontodes; posterior region of interopercle distant to anterior margin of pectoral fin; interopercular patch of odontodes (26-31% HL). Adipose fin large, abruptly emerging after dorsal fin. Prepelvic (47-48% SL); predorsal (47-48% SL). Head wide 89-90% HL) (Ref. 45131).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 07 November 2018 (B1b(iii)+2b(iii)) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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