''Rineloricaria setepovos'' is a
species of
catfish in the family
Loricariidae. It is native to
South America, where it occurs in the
Piratini River
The River Piratini (Rio Piratini) is a Brazilian river in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. Until 1864 it marked, for most of its course, the accepted frontier between Uruguay and Brazil.
The river rises at the watershed between the RĂ ...
, which is part of the
Uruguay River basin, in the state of
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...
in
Brazil. The species reaches 10.6 cm (4.2 inches) in
standard length
Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies. These data are used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fisheries biology.
Overall length
* Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish m ...
and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.
References
Loricariini
Fish described in 2008
Suckermouth catfish of Brazil
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