Biology:Geophagus neambi
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Short description: Brazilian fish species
| Geophagus neambi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Geophagus |
| Species: | G. neambi
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| Binomial name | |
| Geophagus neambi Lucinda, Lucena, & Assis, 2010
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Geophagus neambi is a Geophagini cichlid native to the Tocantins River drainage in Brazil.[1]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Núcleo de Estudos Ambientais (Neamb), of the Universidade Federal do Tocantins (Brazil), for its continuing effort in the study of the rio Tocantins ichthyofauna.[2]
References
- ↑ P. H. F. Lucinda; C. A. S. Lucena; N. C. Assis (2010). "Two new species of cichlid fish genus Geophagus Heckel from the Rio Tocantins drainage (Perciformes: Cichlidae)". Zootaxa 2429: 29–42. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2429.1.2. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269927977.
- ↑ "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (d-w)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae7/.
Wikidata ☰ Q6424855 entry
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