Author: Jégu, Keith & Belmont-Jégu, 2002
Comments: All specimens captured in rapids upstream.  Captured with hooked-lines baited with Podostemaceae, arrows, and rotenone.  Podostemaceae seems to be their main diet.  Very similar to <i>Tometes trilobatus</i>.  Both species are important for Amerindian tribes Wayãpi and Wayana.  Could be endangered by human threats like subsistence fisheries, habitat destruction by mining activities, and dams (Ref. 47182).