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Cteniloricaria maculata is a species of armored catfish native to French Guiana and Suriname where it is found in the Maroni and Corantijn River basins. C. maculata lives in creeks and rapids where the vegetation is poor, the water is clear and well-oxygenated and shallow (less than 1 metre (3.3 ft)), with sandy to rocky substrate. This species grows to a length of 17 centimetres (6.7 in) SL.

Cteniloricaria maculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Cteniloricaria
Species:	C. maculata
Binomial name
Cteniloricaria maculata (Boeseman, 1971)

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Cteniloricaria maculata" in FishBase. December 2011 version.

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