Biology:Crenicichla lucenai
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| Crenicichla lucenai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Crenicichla |
| Species: | C. lucenai
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| Binomial name | |
| Crenicichla lucenai Mattos, I. Schindler, Ottoni & Cheffe, 2014
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Crenicichla lucenai is a species of cichlid native to South America. It is found swimming in the Upper Rio das Antas basin, Jacuí river drainage, dos Patos lagoon system in Brazil. This species reaches a length of 14.6 cm (5.7 in).[1][2]
The fish is named in honor of Carlos Alberto Santos de Lucena, the curator of fishes at the Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia de Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, for his contributions to the taxonomy and systematics of the Crenicichla genus.[3]
References
- ↑ "Crenicichla lucenai". https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Crenicichla-lucenai.html.
- ↑ Mattos, J.L., Schindler, I., Ottoni, F.P. & Cheffe, M.M. (2014): A new species of Crenicichla from the upper Rio das Antas basin, dos Patos lagoon system, southern Brazil (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Vertebrate Zoology, 64 (1): 35–42.
- ↑ "Order Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae6/.
Wikidata ☰ Q17058140 entry
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