Mesonauta acora
| Mesonauta acora | |
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| Stressed pattern. Painting by Castelnau from the South America Expedition, published 1856 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Mesonauta |
| Species: | M. acora
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| Binomial name | |
| Mesonauta acora (Castelnau, 1855)
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| Synonyms | |
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Chromys acora Castelnau, 1855 | |
Mesonauta acora is a species of cichlid fish native to blackwater in the Xingu and Tocantins River basins in South America. The species was named by François Louis de la Porte, comte de Castelnau in 1855.[1][2][3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Mesonauta acora" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ Loiselle, Paul V. (1995). The Cichlid Aquarium. Germany: Tetra Press. ISBN 1-56465-146-0.
- ^ Kullander, S.O. (1998). "A phylogeny and classification of the South American Cichlidae (Teleostei: Perciformes)". In L.R. Malabarba; R.E. Reis; R.P. Vari; Z.M. Lucena; C.A.S. Lucena (eds.). Phylogeny and classification of neotropical fishes. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS. pp. 461–498. ISBN 978-85-7430-035-1.
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- Mesonauta
- Fish of South America
- Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau
- Fish described in 1855
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