Loricariidae

Harttiella parva

Harttiella parva

Three Point One Centimeters Catfish of South American Waters

• Tropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• South America
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

Harttiella parva is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish sbelonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the mailed catfishes. This catfish is known only from a small forest creek in the Atachi Bakka Mountains in French Guiana. This species reaches a standard length of 3.1 cm (1.2 in).