Crenicichla lucenai
Crenicichla lucenai | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Genus: | Crenicichla |
Species: | C. lucenai
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Binomial name | |
Crenicichla lucenai , , & , 2014
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Crenicichla lucenai is a species of cichlid native to South America. It is found swimming in the Upper Rio das Antas basin, Jacuí river drainage, dos Patos lagoon system in Brazil. This species reaches a length of 14.6 cm (5.7 in).[1][2]
The fish is named in honor of Carlos Alberto Santos de Lucena, the curator of fishes at the Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia de Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, for his contributions to the taxonomy and systematics of the Crenicichla genus.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Crenicichla lucenai".
- ^ Mattos, J.L., Schindler, I., Ottoni, F.P. & Cheffe, M.M. (2014): A new species of Crenicichla from the upper Rio das Antas basin, dos Patos lagoon system, southern Brazil (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Vertebrate Zoology, 64 (1): 35–42.
- ^ 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 15 November 2021.
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Categories:
- Crenicichla
- Freshwater fish of Brazil
- Taxa named by José Leonardo de Oliveira Mattos
- Taxa named by Ingo Schindler
- Taxa named by Felipe Polivanov Ottoni
- Taxa named by Morevy Moreira Cheffe
- Fish described in 2014
- Cichlidae stubs