Biology:Klausewitzia
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Crenuchidae |
| Genus: | Klausewitzia Géry, 1965 |
| Species: | K. ritae
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| Binomial name | |
| Klausewitzia ritae Géry, 1965
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Klausewitzia ritae is a species of South American darter (family Crenuchidae) found in the upper Amazon River basin at the Peruvian/Brazil ian border. It is the only member of the genus Klausewitzia.
The fish is named in honor of Rita Klausewitz (d. 1995), the wife of ichthyologist Wolfgang Klausewitz.[1]
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Klausewitzia ritae" in FishBase. October 2011 version.
- ↑ "Family CRENUCHIDAE Günther 1864 (South American Darters and Sailfin Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2023. https://etyfish.org/crenuchidae/.
Wikidata ☰ Q3764334 entry
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