Author: Londoño-Burbano, Urbano-Bonilla, Rojas-Molina, Ramírez-Gil & Prada-Pedreros, 2018
Comments: This species prefer areas of the river with moderate slopes (between 0 and 3%) over substrates consisting of stones (less than 20 cm of diameter) and sand (observations indicate 80% rocks and 20% sand). Specimens captured at altitudes ranging from 197 to 350 m asl; water varies from high turbidity (316 mg/l total solids) to slightly clear, with pH between 6.4 and 8.2, conductivity between 30 and 302 µS/cm, oxygen concentration between 1.6 and 7.64 mg/l, with percent of saturation between 22.5 to 98.8%, water temperature between 22.5 and 28.58°C. This species has been captured with other species of loricariids (<i>Chaetostoma formosae, C. joropo, Farlowella mariaelenae, Lamontichthys llanero</i>), as well as characids (<i>Creagrutus bolivari, Gephyrocharax valencia, Hemibrycon metae, Odontostilbe splendida</i>), a cichlid (<i>Bujurquina mariae</i>), and apteronotids (<i>Apteronotus apurensis, A. galvisi</i>) (Ref. 119417).