''Harttia carvalhoi'' is a species of
armored catfish Armoured catfish may refer to:
*Family Loricariidae: The armoured suckermouth catfish, also known as suckermouth catfish, armoured catfish or simply 'plecs' or 'plecos'
*Family Callichthyidae: armoured catfish, includes the genera
**''Corydoras'', ...
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
where it is found in the
Paraíba do Sul
The Paraíba do Sul (), or simply termed Paraíba, is a river in southeast Brazil. It flows west to northeast from its farthest source at the source of the river Paraitinga to the sea near Campos dos Goytacazes. The river receives its name when ...
drainage basin. This species grows to a length of
SL.
The fish is named in honor of Brazilian ichthyologist-herpetologist
Antenor Leitão de Carvalho
Antenor Leitão de Carvalho is a Brazilian herpetologist and ichthyologist, born on 15 April 1910 and died on 11 December 1985 in Rio de Janeiro.
Taxa named in his honor
* '' Pipa carvalhoi''
* '' Plecostomus carvalhoi''
* '' Discocystus c ...
(1910-1985), who collected the type specimen.
References
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carvalhoi
Fish of South America
Fish of Brazil
Endemic fauna of Brazil
Taxa named by Paulo de Miranda-Ribeiro
Fish described in 1939
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