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They were once commonly found on the lower Rio São Francisco in Brazil's Northeast Region (Nordeste).
Although most of the sources that make this important tributary of the Rio das Velhas are still clean, almost all sewage from Contagem and from Belo Horizonte is being dumped into Arrudas, which also jeopardizes Rio das Velhas Basin and Rio São Francisco Basin.