Loricariidae

Nannoptopoma sternoptychum

Nannoptopoma sternoptychum

Catfish Reaching Three Point Three Centimeters

• Tropical
• Upper river
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• South America
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

Nannoptopoma sternoptychum is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae. the cascudinhos. This catfish is found in the upper Amazon basin in Ecuador and Peru, and the Amazon basin, including the Upper Madeira River in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru, as well as in the Orinoco in Colombia.