Hirtella carinata

Hirtella carinata
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Subfamily:	Neoplecostominae
Genus:	Hirtella; E. H. L. Pereira, Zanata, Cetra & R. E. dos Reis, 2014 [1]
Species:	H. carinata
Binomial name
	Hirtella carinata; E. H. L. Pereira, Zanata, Cetra & R. E. dos Reis, 2014

Hirtella carinata, also known as the hairy hillstream pleco is a species of armored catfish endemic to Brazil. This species occurs Rio Panelão, Rio Pardo and Rio Panelinha, Brazil. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]

References

Pereira, E.H.L.; Zanata, A.; Cetra, M. & Reis, R.E. (2014). "A Remarkable Sexually Dimorphic New Genus and Species of Neoplecostomine Catfish (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from a Coastal Drainage of Eastern Brazil". Copeia. 2014 (4): 673–681. doi:10.1643/ci-14-075.

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[Pereira2014-1] Pereira, E.H.L.; Zanata, A.; Cetra, M. & Reis, R.E. (2014). "A Remarkable Sexually Dimorphic New Genus and Species of Neoplecostomine Catfish (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from a Coastal Drainage of Eastern Brazil". Copeia. 2014 (4): 673–681. doi:10.1643/ci-14-075.