{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Provenzano-Rizzi, F. |year=2022 |title=''Harttia merevari'' |article-number=e.T176016646A176016697 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T176016646A176016697.en |access-date=23 July 2023}}</ref> | taxon = Harttia merevari | authority = Provenzano, Machado-Allison, Chernoff, Willink & Petry, 2005<ref name = "Cof genus">{{Cof genus|genus=Harttia|access-date=9 January 2026}}</ref> }}
'''''Harttia merevari''''' is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the mailed catfishes. This catfish is endemic to Venezuela where it is found in the upper Caura River.<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase|Harttia|merevari|month=November|year=2025}}</ref>
== Characteristics == ''Harttia merevari'' is distinguished from similar species by the presence of a naked abdomen, two or three preanal plates, a bony plate before each branchial opening, seven lateral plates between the pectoral and pelvic fins, a short maxillary barbel attached to the oral disk by a fleshy fold. The head, dorsal surface and anterior portion of the species' body are light or dark yellow with numerous, round black spots, while the posterior region of the body is light or dark yellow with five black transverse bands, with the dorsal central area of the two anterior bands diffused.{{cn|date=January 2026}}
==Etymology== ''Harttia merevari'' has the specific name ''merevari''. Merevari is the Ye'kuana name for the Caura River, of Bolívar State, the type locality.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web |url=https://etyfish.org/loricariinae/ |title=Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily LORICARIINAE Rafinesque 1815 (Suckermouth Armored Catfishes) |date=30 December 2025 |author=Christopher Scarpf |access-date=9 January 2026 |work=The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database |publisher=Christopher Scharpf}}</ref>
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merevari Category:Catfish of South America Category:Freshwater fish of Venezuela Category:Endemic fauna of Venezuela Category:Taxa named by Francisco Provenzano-Rizzi Category:Taxa named by Antonio Machado-Allison Category:Taxa named by Barry Chernoff Category:Taxa named by Philip W. Willink Category:Taxa named by Paulo Petry Category:Fish described in 2005
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