Author: (Gill, 1877)
Remark: Reviewed by Bussing (1998: 334), with key, diagnosis, geographical distribution, and figures.
Comments: A floodplain fish found between 0 and 200 m elevation.  Inhabits lakes and rivers of low to high current velocity.  Feeds on aquatic insects in large part with abundant  detritus and sediments (Ref. 36880).