Crenicichla iguassuensis

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 iguassuensis

Name

Crenicichla iguassuensis Haseman, 1911

• Holotype: FMNH 54159.
• Paratypes: CAS 78963 [ex IU 13357] (1); FMNH 54160-61 (3, 1).

Type locality: Rio Iguassú at Porto União da Victoria, Paraná, Brazil.

Etymology: The species is named after its type locality, Rio Iguassú.

References

• Haseman, J.D. 1911. Some new species of fishes from the Rio Iguassú. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 7: 374–387, plates 50, 58, 73–83. BHL Reference page. 
• Piálek, L., Dragová, K., Casciotta, J., Almirón, A. & Říčan, O., 2015. Description of two new species of Crenicichla (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Lower Iguazú River with a taxonomic reappraisal of C. iguassuensis, C. tesay and C. yaha. Historia Natural 5(2): 5–27. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Crenicichla iguassuensis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Crenicichla iguassuensis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.