Crenicichla jegui

Crenicichla jegui
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Crenicichla
Species:	C. jegui
Binomial name
	Crenicichla jegui; , 1986

Crenicichla jegui is a species of cichlid native to South America. It is found in the Amazon River basin and in the lower Tocantins River basin. This species reaches a length of 20 cm (7.9 in).^[1]

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist from ORSTOM (Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d’Outre-Mer), who collected the paratypes and most of the other specimens on which Ploeg’s paper is based upon.^[2]

References[]

^ https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Crenicichla-jegui.html
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

This Cichlidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[1] ttps://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Crenicichla-jegui.html

[ETYFish-2] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[1]

[2]