Author: Chamon & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2014
Comments: Feeds actively at night on algae and other food items off periphyton by grazing over rock bottom.  Found in rock-bottom areas subjected to backwater and strong currents. Occurs individually or in groups of three, under shelter boulders (adults) and spaces beneath rocks (juveniles), up to 2m deep.  Juveniles co-inhabit with other loricariids such as <i>Ancistrus</i> sp., <i>A. ranunculus</i>, <i>Baryancistrus xanthellus</i>, <i>Spectracanthicus punctatissimus</i>	, <i>Hopliancistrus tricornis</i>, <i>Parancistrus nudiventris</i>, <i>Peckoltia vittata</i>, and <i>Pseudancistrus aff. barbatus</i> (Ref. 95496).