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Scientific Name	**Schizolecis guentheri** (Miranda Ribeiro, 1918)
Common Name
Type Locality	Ilha de São Sebastião, Estado de São Paulo, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Microlepidogaster guentheri, Microlepidogaster guntheri, Pseudotocinclus ribeiroi
Etymology	(Greek)Schizein=to divide + (Greek) lekis, -idos=a little plate.
Species Information
Size	40mm or 1.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: southeastern Brazil. Espirito Santo State Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there) Sao Paulo State Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there) Minas Gerais State Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there) Rio de Janeiro State Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Other Parameters	Inhabits streams with rocky and sandy bottom, mostly in shallows and backwaters up to 30 cm deep, with slow water flow (0.5-10 cm/sec). Before grazing on a patch with dense sediment, it makes wiggling head-down movements to dislodge sediment. When scrapping algae off the substrate, it makes vigorous mouth movements, and moves by jerky movements probably related to its mouth making alternate grazing and attaching to the substrate. Grazing leaves characteristic, parallel and elongated marks on the substrate. Density may reach about 0.09 fish.m-2 in stream stretches shaded by forest canopy and 0.15 fish.m-2 in sunned stretches.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Forages mostly during the day with some night activity also recorded. Grazes on microscopic algae, mostly diatoms and green algae growing on rocks and submersed vegetation; occasionally takes chironomid and simuliid larvae. User data.
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Revista do Museu Paulista v. 10, pp 634 [6].
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2019 Sep 25 12:50 (species record created: 2002 Mar 07 00:00)