Andinoacara blombergi

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: Andinoacara
Species: Andinoacara blombergi

Name

Andinoacara blombergi Wijkmark, Kullander & Barriga Salazar, 2012

Holotype: MEPN 11180. Paratypes: MHNG 2725.026 (3); NRM 13866 (10); BMNH 1860.6.16:153 (1); GNM Pi.ex. 3510-3516 (7); ZSM 22143 (2).

Type locality: Ecuador, Pichincha, río Esmeraldas drainage, 17 km downstream of Alluriquin, Rio Toachi.

Etymology: Named in recognition of the life’s work of explorer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker Rolf Blomberg (1912–1996). Blomberg, born in Sweden, made several expeditions in Ecuador and eventually settled in Quito, Ecuador (Repo, 2011).

References

• Wijkmark, N., Kullander, S.O. & Barriga Salazar, R.E. 2012. Andinoacara blombergi, a new species from the río Esmeraldas basin in Ecuador and a review of A. rivulatus (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 23(2): 117–137, 11 figs., 3 tabs. PDF. Reference page.