Mesonauta egregius

Mesonauta egregius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Mesonauta
Species:	M. egregius
Binomial name
	Mesonauta egregius; Kullander & Silfvergrip, 1991

Mesonauta egregius is a species of cichlid fish native to the Meta and Vichada River basins (both tributaries of the Orinoco) in South America.^[1]^[2] It is typically found near aquatic plants in shallow water and reaches a standard length up to 8.2 cm (3.2 in).^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Mesonauta egregius" in FishBase. January 2017 version.
^ Kullander, S.O.; Silfvergrip, A.M.C. (1991). "Review of the South American cichlid genus Mesonauta Günther (Teleostei, Cichlidae) with descriptions of two new species". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 92 (2): 407–448.

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[Fishbase-1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Mesonauta egregius" in FishBase. January 2017 version.

[Kullander1991-2] Kullander, S.O.; Silfvergrip, A.M.C. (1991). "Review of the South American cichlid genus Mesonauta Günther (Teleostei, Cichlidae) with descriptions of two new species". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 92 (2): 407–448.

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