Crenicara punctulatum

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Crenicara punctulatum
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Scientific classification edit
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,

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