Corumbataia
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''Corumbataia'' is a genus of
armored catfish Armoured catfish may refer to: *Family Loricariidae: The armoured suckermouth catfish, also known as suckermouth catfish, armoured catfish or simply 'plecs' or 'plecos' *Family Callichthyidae: armoured catfish, includes the genera **''Corydoras'', ...
es native to South America where they are only known from Brazil.


Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * ''Corumbataia britskii'' Katianne Mara Ferreira, Ferreira & Alexandre da Cunha Ribeiro, Ribeiro, 2007 * ''Corumbataia cuestae'' Heraldo Antonio Britski, Britski, 1997 * ''Corumbataia liliai'' Gabriel de Souza da Costa e Silva, Silva & Fabio F. Roxo, Roxo & Camila S. Souza, Souza & Claudio Oliveira(scientist), Oliveira, 2018 * ''Corumbataia lucianoi'' Gabriel de Souza da Costa e Silva, Silva & Fabio F. Roxo, Roxo & Camila S. Souza, Souza & Claudio Oliveira(scientist), Oliveira, 2018 * ''Corumbataia tocantinensis'' Heraldo Antonio Britski, Britski, 1997 * ''Corumbataia veadeiros'' Tiago Pinto Carvalho, Carvalho, 2008


Description

These species range in size from about 2.7–3.8 centimetres (1.1–1.5 in) fish measurement, SL. ''C. cuestae'' and ''C. tocantinensis'' were described to be differentiated by counts of premaxillary and mandible, dentary teeth. However, they also differ in color pattern, as the unbranched caudal fin rays of ''C. britskii'' and ''C. tocantinensis'' lack the striped pattern present in ''C. cuestae''. ''Corumbataia'' species exhibit sexual dimorphism. Males differ from females by presenting a developed urogenital papillae posterior to the anus, a skin fold at the dorsal portion of the pelvic fin spine, and a much longer pelvic fin spine that extends over the first anal fin ray. In ''C. britskii'', males also differ from females by having four white blotches on the caudal fin, two at the dorsal lobe and two at the ventral lobe. Females, on the other hand, present only two white blotches, one on each lobe.


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5014041 Otothyrinae Fish of South America Taxa named by Heraldo Antonio Britski Fauna of Brazil Catfish genera Freshwater fish genera