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Scientific Name	**Pareiorhaphis mutuca** (Oliveira & Oyakawa, 1999)
Common Name
Type Locality	Rio das Velhas drainage, Nova Lima County, Córrego Mutuca, at right side of road from Belo Horizonte to Nova Lima, kilometer 20, about 20°60'S, 43°55'W, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Hemipsilichthys mutuca
Species Information
Size	96mm or 3.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Pareiorhaphis species are primarily diagnosed from remaining neoplecostomines by having the canal plate firmly articulated to the preopercle, and by a series of sexually-dimorphic features of hypertrophied odontodes of adult males, giving the fish a hispid appearance. Distinguished from other Hemipsilichthys species by the exposed lateral process of cleithrum above pectoral fin insertion very reduced in size, never passing the origin of the pectoral fin spine; and by the arrangement of the hypertrophied odontodes on the lateral margin of head, which are longer posteriorly and slightly turned backwards.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Headwaters of Das Velhas River basin. São Francisco, Middle São Francisco, Das Velhas, Upper Das Velhas (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Endangered , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
Husbandry Information
Furniture	Found in rocky and stony areas. During the day, this fish hides under the stones in the deep and shaded places but is always active.
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 10 (no. 1), pp 75, Figs. 1-2.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:13 (species record created: 2005 Jul 18 00:00)