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Harttia merevari is a species of armored catfish of the family endemic to Venezuela where it is found in the upper Caura River.

Harttia merevari
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Harttia
Species:	H. merevari
Binomial name
Harttia merevari Provenzano, Machado-Allison, Chernoff, Willink & Petry, 2005

characteristics

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 branchial opening, seven lateral plates between the pectoral and pelvic fins; maxillary barbel short and attached to the oral disk by a fleshy fold, head dorsal surface and anterior portion of the body light or dark yellow with numerous, round black spots, posterior region of the body light or dark yellow with five black transverse bands, dorsal central area of the two anterior bands diffused. The discovery of this new species extends the distribution of the genus northwest to include the Orinoco River basin on the northern slope of the Guyana shield.

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Harttia merevari" in FishBase. December 2011 version.

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