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

Harttia absaberi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Harttia
Species:
H. absaberi
Binomial name
Harttia absaberi

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

Etymology

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


References

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  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.). "Harttia absaberi". 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. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.