Crenicara punctulatum

Crenicara punctulatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Crenicara
Species:	C. punctulatum
Binomial name
Crenicara punctulatum (Günther, 1863)
Synonyms
Acara punctulata Günther, 1863 Crenicara elegans Steindachner, 1875 Aequidens madeirae Fowler, 1913 Aequidens hercules , 1942

Crenicara punctulatum, the checkerboard cichlid, is a species of cichlid fish native to creeks and rivers in the Amazon and Essequibo basins in South America.

References[]

• Kullander, S.O., 1986. Cichlid fishes of the Amazon River drainage of Peru. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Research Division, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden,

External links[]

• Crenicara punctulatum at fishbase

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