Hirtella carinata
| Hirtella carinata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypoptopomatinae |
| Genus: | Hirtella E. H. L. Pereira, Zanata, Cetra & R. E. dos Reis, 2014 [1][2] |
| Species: | H. carinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Hirtella carinata E. H. L. Pereira, Zanata, Cetra & R. E. dos Reis, 2014[2] | |
Hirtella is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae, the cascudinhos. The only species in the genus is Hirtella carinata, the hairy hillstream pleco. This catfish is endemic to Brazil where it occurs in the Rio Panelão, Rio Pardo and Rio Panelinha basins in Brazil. The species reaches a standard length of 4.9 cm (1.9 in).[1][3]
References
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Hypoptopomatinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hirtella carinata". FishBase. february 2026 version.