Harttiella lucifer
Appearance
Harttiella lucifer | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Genus: | Harttiella |
Species: | H. lucifer
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Binomial name | |
Harttiella lucifer Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
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Harttiella lucifer is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the vicinity of Lucifer Massif and Galbao Massif in central French Guiana. The species reaches 4.3 cm (1.7 inches) in standard length. It is known to occur alongside the species Anablepsoides igneus and members of the genus Ituglanis.[1] The species was described in 2012 as part of a taxonomic review of members of the loricariid tribe Harttiini native to the Guianas.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). "Harttiella lucifer". FishBase.
- ^ Covain, Raphaël; Fisch-Muller, Sonia; Montoya-Burgos, Juan I.; Mol, Jan H.; Le Bail, Pierre-Yves; Dray, Stéphane (2012). "The Harttiini (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Guianas: A multi-table approach to assess their diversity, evolution, and distribution". Cybium. 36 (1): 115–161. doi:10.26028/cybium/2012-361-010.