Author: Lucena, Bertaco & Berbigier, 2013
Comments: Occurs in streams and rivers, inhabiting lotic shallow areas (up to 1 m deep) with clear water and bottom composed of gravel and stones, at altitudes from 800 to 1200 m above sea level.  Syntopic with <i>Astyanax brachypterygium</i>, <i>ustraloheros</i> sp., <i>Cnesterodon brevirostratus</i>, <i>Eurycheilichthys</i> sp., <i>Jenynsia eirmostigma</i>, <i>Pareiorhaphis hystrix</i>, <i>Rhamdia</i> sp., and <i>Trichomycterus tropeiro</i> (Ref. 94017).