Biology:Crenicichla rosemariae
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Short description: Species of fish
| Crenicichla rosemariae | |
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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. rosemariae
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| Binomial name | |
| Crenicichla rosemariae S. O. Kullander, 1997
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Crenicichla rosemariae is a species of cichlid native to South America. It is found in the upper Xingu River drainage; Suiá-Missu River, Amazon River basin in Brazil. This species reaches a length of 24.4 cm (9.6 in).[1]
The fish is named in honor of Rosemary Lowe-McConnell (1921-2014), who collected the type specimen.[2]
References
- ↑ "Crenicichla rosemariae". https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Crenicichla-rosemariae.html.
- ↑ "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/.
- Kullander, S.O., 1997. Crenicichla rosemariae, a new species of pike cichlid (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the upper Rio Xingu drainage, Brazil. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 7(3-4):279-287.
Wikidata ☰ Q276556 entry
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