Crenicichla chicha

Taxonavigation

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 chicha

Name

• Crenicichla chicha Varella, Kullander & Lima, 2012
  • Holotype: MZUSP 109198. Paratypes: ANSP 192028 (1); MZUSP 93683 (7), 5182 (1), 93510 (3), 93678 (1), 107043 (1); NRM 61678 (1), 61677 (1), 61679 ( 1); ZUEC 6359 (1); MCP 39515 (4), 42663 (1), 42682 (1), 42722 (1), 45667 (1); NUP 11523 (2), 11566 (1)
  • Type locality: Brazil, State of Mato Grosso, Sapezal, rio Tapajós drainage, rio Papagaio, about 3 km above road Sapezal/Tangará da Serra, 13º36’03”S, 058º25’05”W
  • Etymology: "The species name chicha is an homage to the Paresi (or Halíti), one of the indigenous groups originally living in the Mato Grosso plateau in the region of the upper rio Juruena basin. The epithet refers to “chicha” festivities of these people, in what they meet to drink “olóniti”, a beverage made with roasted tapioca (cassava starch) of mandioca brava (bitter cassava), dance, and sing their myths. Nowadays, these celebrations occur mainly when they conclude rites of individual passage - nomination of children and pubertal girls, or within a timetable ritual, such the first harvest time of a culture of cassava." (Varella & al., 2012)

References

• Varella, H.R.; Kullander, S.O.; & Lima, F.C.T. 2012: Crenicichla chicha, a new species of pike cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the rio Papagaio, upper rio Tapajós basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 10 (2): 233–244. DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252012000200002