Harttia carvalhoi
| Harttia carvalhoi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Harttia |
| Species: | H. carvalhoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Harttia carvalhoi P. Miranda-Ribeiro, 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 Antenor Leitão de Carvalho (1910-1985), who collected the type specimen.[1]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Harttia carvalhoi". 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. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2021.