Harttia absaberi
Appearance
Harttia absaberi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Genus: | Harttia |
Species: | H. absaberi
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Binomial name | |
Harttia absaberi |
Harttia absaberi is a species of armored catfish where it is found in the upper rio Paraná drainage in Brazil.[1]
This species reaches a length of 7.4 cm (2.9 in). [2]
Etymology
[edit]The catfish is named in honor of geographer Aziz Nacib Ab’Sáber (1924-2012).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Oyakawa, O.T., Fichberg, I. & Langeani, F. (2013): Harttia absaberi, a new species of loricariid catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil. Archived 2013-12-26 at the Wayback Machine Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (4): 779-786.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Harttia absaberi" in FishBase. February 2015 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 24 February 2022.