Hirtella carinata, also known as the hairy hillstream pleco, is a species of armored catfish endemic to Brazil. It occurs in the Rio Panelão, Rio Pardo and Rio Panelinha basins in Brazil. The species reaches 4.9 cm (1.9 inches) in standard length. It is the only known member of the genus Hirtella.[1][2]
| Hirtella carinata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Neoplecostominae |
| Genus: | Hirtella E. H. L. Pereira, Zanata, Cetra & R. E. dos Reis, 2014 [1] |
| Species: | H. carinata
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| Binomial name | |
| Hirtella carinata | |
References
edit- ^ a b Pereira, E.H.L.; Zanata, A.; Cetra, M. & Reis, R.E. (2014). "A Remarkable Sexually Dimorphic New Genus and Species of Neoplecostomine Catfish (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from a Coastal Drainage of Eastern Brazil". Copeia. 2014 (4): 673–681. doi:10.1643/ci-14-075. S2CID 86258675.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). "Hirtella carinata". FishBase.
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