Harttia merevari, a new species of catfish (Siluriformes:Loricariidae) from Venezauela

Harttia merevari, a new species of loricariid catfish, is described from eight specimens captured in the upper Caura River,Orinoco River basin, Venezuela. The new species is recognized by the following combination of characters: abdomen naked; two or three preanal plates; a bony plate before each br...

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Published:	2018
Subjects:	Taxonomy, Harttiini, Caura River, Orinoco River basin, Guyana shield, Biogeography. * Instituto de Zoología Tropical, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Apartado 47058, Caracas 1041-A, Venezuela. e-mail: fprovenz@strix.ciens.ucv.ve; amachado@strix.ciens.ucv.ve ** Department of Biology & Dept. Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459. e-mail: bchernoff@wesleyan.edu *** Department of Zoology, Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago IL 60605, USA. e-mail: pwillink@fieldmuseum.org **** Department of Ichthyology, Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard University, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 002138, USA. email: ppetry@oeb.harvard.edu Introduction
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10872/17969
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