Biology:Crenicichla wallacii

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Short description: Species of fish

Crenicichla wallacii
Crenicichla wallacii (Lake January, Brazil, 17 November 1865; 2 fish).jpg
1865 watercolor illustration
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Crenicichla
Species:
C. wallacii
Binomial name
Crenicichla wallacii
Regan, 1905

Crenicichla wallacii is a species of cichlid native to South America. It is found in the Essequibo River basin, Guyana. This species reaches a length of 8.5 cm (3.3 in).[1]

The fish is named in honor of English naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913), who collected, but subsequently lost during transport, and illustrated a similar species (probably C. notophthalmus), which Regan thought might be identical to this one, in his expedition to the Rio Negro and Rio Uaupés region in the years 1850 to 1852.[2][3]

References

  1. "Crenicichla wallacii". https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Crenicichla-wallacii.html. 
  2. "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/. 
  3. Kullander, S.O., 2003. Cichlidae (Cichlids). p. 605-654. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.

Wikidata ☰ Q285230 entry