Mesonauta mirificus
Appearance
Mesonauta mirificus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Genus: | Mesonauta |
Species: | M. mirificus
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Binomial name | |
Mesonauta mirificus Kullander & Silfvergrip, 1991
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Mesonauta mirificus is a species of cichlid fish native to the western Amazon basin in Peru and Colombia.[1][2] It is typically found near plants in blackwater rivers and reaches a length up to 9.7 cm (3.8 in).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mesonauta mirificus". 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. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.79799.