Description

This species can be distinguished from other congeners by the following characters: presence of completely covered abdomen by minutes plates; caudal peduncle slightly compressed laterally after confluence of lateral keels; greater head length; and snout with prominent medial longitudinal ridge (Ref. 117418).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Loricariidae

Genus: Harttia

Species: Harttia villasboas 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