Crenicichla anamiri

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Cichlomorphae Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Cichlinae
Genus: Crenicichla
Species: Crenicichla anamiri

Name

Crenicichla anamiri Ito & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2015

• Holotype: INPA 46650.
• Paratypes: ANSP 197277 (3); INPA 4176 (1), 4347 (3), 37951 (2), 44341 (5), 44342 (1), 44343 (1), 44344 (8), 43933 (1), 46651 (4); MPEG 30442 (1); MZUSP 108396 (14).

Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Itapuama, rio Xingu basin, rio Xingu below confluence with rio Iriri at beach margin with tree roots, 03°36’31”S 52°20’58”W.

Etymology: The name anamiri is a noun in apposition referring, in tupi-guarani, to the word “Anãmiri”, meaning “dwarf”, in allusion to the small size of the species.

References

• Ito, P.M.M. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H. 2015. A small new species of Crenicichla Heckel, 1840 from middle rio Xingu, Brazil (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 13(3): 471–478. DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20140105 Reference page.