Author: Martins, Langeani & Zawadzki, 2014
Comments: The type locality, Rio Quente, has a width of about 3 m and depth of 1.0-1.5 m, moderate flow and bottom with sand, pebbles and rocks.  Associated mainly with rocks. Seems to be restricted to warm waters.  Collected together with <i>Characidium xanthopterum, <i>Characidium aff. zebra, <i>Knodus moenkhausii, an undescribed species of a putatively new genus of the Characidae, and the exotic <i>Xiphophorus helleri and <i>Oreochromis niloticus (Ref. 97842).