Author: Schindler & Staeck, 2006
Comments: This species apparently prefers bare sandy bottoms among rocky areas in the black water tributaries of the upper Orinoco, and which may have a remarkably strong current. Water data collected in January at a collecting site: pH 4.5; electrical conductivity 10 μS/cm; 
  temperature 28°C.  The type locality at río Sipapo has brownish water, moderately
  clear with pH 5.15 and a temperature of 29.5 °C.  Reported associated fish fauna includes <i>Aequidens </i> sp. 'Atabapo', <i>Biotodoma wavrini</i>, <i>Crenicichla</i> sp. 'Atabapo', <i>Laetacara</i> sp. 'Orangefl ossen', <i>Heros severus</i>, <i>Mesonauta insignis</i>, and several characid and siluroid species (Ref. 78437).