Bluemouth cichlid
Appearance
Bluemouth cichlid | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Subfamily: | Cichlinae |
Tribe: | Heroini |
Genus: | Wajpamheros |
Species: | W. nourissati
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Binomial name | |
Wajpamheros nourissati (Allgayer, 1989)
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The bluemouth cichlid (Wajpamheros nourissati) is a species of cichlid fish that is endemic to the Usumacinta River basin in southern Mexico and Guatemala. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1] The specific name honours the French cichlid specialist Jean Claude Nourissat (1942-2003), who collected type of this species.[2] It reaches up to 22 cm (8.7 in) in total length.[3]
References
- ^ Říčan, O., Piálek, L., Dragová, K. & Novák, J. (2016): Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification. Vertebrate Zoology, 66 (1): 1-102.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (d-w)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
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