Crenicichla pydanielae
Crenicichla pydanielae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Genus: | Crenicichla |
Species: | C. pydanielae
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Binomial name | |
Crenicichla pydanielae , 1991
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Crenicichla pydanielae is a species of cichlid native to South America. It is found in the Amazon River basin and in the Trombetas River drainage above Cachoeira Porteira, Brazil. This species reaches a length of 17.8 cm (7.0 in).[1]
The fish is named in honor of , the Curator of Fishes at the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, for her hospitality when Ploeg visited Manaus in November 1987 and July 1989.
References[]
- Ploeg, A., 1991. Revision of the South American cichlid genus Crenicichla Heckel, 1840, with description of fifteen new species and consideration on species groups, phylogeny and biogeography (Pisces, Perciformes, Cichlidae). Univ. Amsterdam, Netherlands,153 p. Ph.D. dissertation.
Categories:
- Crenicichla
- Freshwater fish of Brazil
- Fish of the Amazon basin
- Taxa named by Alex Ploeg
- Fish described in 1991
- Cichlidae stubs