Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 11.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Characidae

Genus: Kolpotocheirodon

Species: Kolpotocheirodon figueiredoi Malabarba, Lima & Weitzman, 2004

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found only in areas with moderate water current. Occurs mostly in a riffle at a narrow stretch of rio Pratinha, the type locality of this species. Stays at midwater, swimming against the current, probably feeding on food items drifting downstream. One individual was observed picking with its mouth on a large boulder in a cave entrance (Ref. 76978).

Habitat

pelagic

Conservation Status

Critically Endangered

Threat to Humans

Harmless