Harttia absaberi

Harttia absaberi is a species of armored catfish where it is found in the upper rio Paraná drainage in Brazil.[1]

Harttia absaberi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Harttia
Species:
H. absaberi
Binomial name
Harttia absaberi
Oyakawa, Fichberg & Langeani, 2013

This species reaches a length of 7.4 cm (2.9 in). [2]

Etymology

The catfish is named in honor of geographer Aziz Nacib Ab’Sáber (1924-2012).[3]


References
  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Harttia absaberi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. 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 24 February 2022.



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