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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Loricariinae
Etymology: punctata: From its body being spotted or blotched; adjective.
Eponymy: Charles Frederick Hartt (1840–1878) was a Canadian geologist, palaeontologist and naturalist, who was a member of the Thayer Expedition (1865–1866) to Brazil, a country in which he was a specialist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: Upper and middle Tocantins River basin.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 125983); 14.0 cm SL (female); max. published weight: 66.18 g (Ref. 125983); max. published weight: 66.18 g
Head short and relatively deep, 2 - 2.6 times its HL; short body. Spotted color pattern associated to abdominal scutation, a longitudinal row of irregular plates. Pectoral spine with a dermal, non-filamentous extension. Lateral plates, 27-29. Confluence of lateral keels at 18-19th plate. Rictal barbel short and inconspicuous. Triangular shaped opercle.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Collected from the upper and middle courses of the rio Tocantins (Ref. 39753).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H. and E.C. Oliveira, 2001. Seven new species of Harttia from the Amazonian-Guyana region (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 12(1):79-96. (Ref. 39753)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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