Description

This species can be distinguished from other congeners by the following combination of characters: presence of abdomen fully covered by moderately trapezoidal to quadrangular small plates; caudal peduncle slightly compressed laterally after confluence of lateral keels; smaller orbital diameter; presence of two large anal anterior plates; absence of a specialized chain-like bone structure of 2nd dorsal-fin spine; smaller head length; and, dorsal view of anterior head moderately triangular.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Loricariidae

Genus: Harttia

Species: Harttia panara Oyakawa, Fichberg & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2018

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Maximum length based on type specimen, to be replaced with a better reference (Ref. 117418).

Habitat

benthopelagic