Biology
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Maximum length does not exceed 20 cm (Ref. 27188). Occurs upstream of the first rapids, in forest creeks with moderate illumination, slow current and sandy-silty substrate, together with Moenkhausia moisae, Moenkhausia oligolepis, Pyrrhulina filamentosa and Dysichthys coracoideus [= Bunocephalus coracoideus (Ref. 35237).
