Author: Costa & Le Bail, 1999
Comments: Among dense  vegetation (<i>Cabomba, Eichornia, Nymphaea</i>) in shallow depths of about 30 cm.  Also at the surface during hot periods of the day, where they move around with their pectoral fins only and maintain a bent posture of the posterior body that allows them to dart for cover if they are attacked (Ref. 35237).