Biology:Crenicara punctulatum

Short description: Species of fish

Crenicara punctulatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Crenicara
Species:	C. punctulatum
Binomial name
Crenicara punctulatum (Günther, 1863)
Synonyms
Acara punctulata Günther, 1863 Crenicara elegans Steindachner, 1875 Aequidens madeirae Fowler, 1913 Aequidens hercules W.R. Allen, 1942

Crenicara punctulatum, the checkerboard cichlid, is a species of cichlid fish native to creeks and rivers in the Amazon and Essequibo basins in South America.

References

• Kullander, S.O., 1986. Cichlid fishes of the Amazon River drainage of Peru. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Research Division, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden,

External links

• Crenicara punctulatum at fishbase

Wikidata ☰ Q128383 entry