Harttia fowleri is a species of armored catfish that inhabits the Oyapock River basin of Brazil and French Guiana. C. fowleri is a poorly known species that was caught in rapids along with Metaloricaria paucidens. This species grows to a length of 22.2 centimetres (8.7 in) SL.[1]
| Harttia fowleri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Harttia |
| Species: | H. fowleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Harttia fowleri (Pellegrin, 1908) | |
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The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Henry Weed Fowler (1878-1965), of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.[2]
Taxon identifiers | |
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| Harttia fowleri | |
| Oxyloricaria fowleri |
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