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Current accepted name |
Yes
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Status |
Accepted name
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Status details |
senior synonym, original combination
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Etymology of generic noun |
From the Latin 'hirtus', meaning hairy, in reference to the bristle-like hypertrophied odontodes which distinguish the mature males of this species from conspecific females and from all other loricariids.
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Etymology of specific epithet |
Named from the Latin adjective carina, meaning keel, ridge, in reference to the elongate keel of
azygous plates at mid-dorsal line, between dorsal and caudal fins.
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Link to references |
References using the name as accepted
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