Harttia absaberi, a new species of loricariid catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Oyakawa, Osvaldo Takeshi, Fichberg, Ilana, Langeani, Francisco (2013): Harttia absaberi, a new species of loricariid catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 11 (4): 779-786, DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252013000400005, URL: scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252013000400779&lng=en&tlng=en A new species of Harttia, tribe Harttiini, is described from tributaries of upper portions of rio Paraná drainage.

The new species, the smallest known species of the genus, attaining up to 74.0 mm of standard length, can be distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: abdomen completely covered by plates, a single preanal plate, plates of the gular area in broad contact with the canal plate. Harttia absaberi is the second species of the genus known from the upper portion of rio Paraná drainage. Uma espécie nova de Harttia, tribo Harttiini, é descrita dos tributários da porção superior da drenagem do rio Paraná.