Crenicichla menezesi
Appearance
Crenicichla menezesi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Genus: | Crenicichla |
Species: | C. menezesi
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Binomial name | |
Crenicichla menezesi Ploeg, 1991
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Crenicichla menezesi is a species of cichlid native to South America. It is found in the Rivers of Maranão, Brazil. This species reaches a length of 18.9 cm (7.4 in).[1]
The fish is named in honor of Naércio Aquino Menezes (b. 1937) of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, as thanks for Ploeg’s stay at the museum in October 1987.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Crenicichla menezesi".
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.