Biology:Crenicichla monicae
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Short description: Species of fish
| Crenicichla monicae | |
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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. monicae
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| Binomial name | |
| Crenicichla monicae S. O. Kullander & H. R. Varella, 2015
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Crenicichla monicae is a species of cichlid native to South America. It is found in the lower Rio Uaupés and lower Rio Içana, tributaries of the upper Rio Negro in Brazil. This species reaches a length of 27.3 cm (10.7 in).[1][2]
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Mônica Toledo-Piza Ragazzo, whose efforts in publishing, in 2002, Alfred Russel Wallace’s drawings from his 1850-1852 expedition to the Rio Negro and Rio Uaupés region, were a great service to science, and also decisive for identifying this fish as a new species.[3]
References
- ↑ "Crenicichla monicae". https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Crenicichla-monicae.html.
- ↑ Kullander, Sven O.; Varella, Henrique R. (September 2015). "Wallace's Pike Cichlid Gets a Name after 160 Years: A New Species of Cichlid Fish (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Upper Rio Negro in Brazil". Copeia 103 (3): 512–519. doi:10.1643/ci-14-169.
- ↑ "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 ☰ Q21251899 entry
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