Author: (Mees, 1974)
Comments: Occurs in pools and in the backwater of rapids and fast streams with sand, rocks, and decaying wood on the bottom.  Found together with <i>Bryconops caudomaculatus</i>, <i>Characidium blennoides</i>, <i>Pimelodella cristata</i>, <i>Leporinus friderici</i> and <i>Astyanax meunieri</i> (Ref. 35381).