Author: Fernández, Sanabria & Quiroga, 2017
Comments: This species was collected from a small creek, approximately 0.50 m deep and 1 to 3 m wide with silt in suspension, the rocky bottom without aquatic vegetation at an elevation of 1,092 m a.s.l. The drainage lies within an endorheic system that experiences torrential hydrological conditions associated with a few but intense summer rains. Captured specimens were hiding under rocks; the usual habit for fishes in other streams in the Andes. The one other species of fish collected at that site was <i>Hatcheria macraei</i> (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae). The Río Pedernal is impacted by limestone mining operations and many Andean drainage systems are altered by mining activities, including mountain mining/valley fill practices mainly for extraction of minerals (Ref. 122377).