Harttia carvalhoi
Harttia carvalhoi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Genus: | Harttia |
Species: | H. carvalhoi
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Binomial name | |
Harttia carvalhoi , 1939
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Harttia carvalhoi is a species of armored catfish endemic to Brazil where it is found in the Paraíba do Sul drainage basin. This species grows to a length of 7.1 centimetres (2.8 in) SL.
The fish is named in honor of Brazilian ichthyologist-herpetologist (1910-1985), who collected the type specimen.[1]
References[]
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Harttia carvalhoi" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
Categories:
- Harttia
- Fish of South America
- Fish of Brazil
- Endemic fauna of Brazil
- Taxa named by Paulo de Miranda-Ribeiro
- Fish described in 1939
- Loricariidae stubs