Crenicara punctulatum

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: Geophaginae
Genus: Crenicara
Species: Crenicara punctulatum

Name

Crenicara punctulatum (Günther, 1863)

Synonyms

• Acara punctulata Günther, 1863
• Crenicara elegans Steindachner, 1875
• Aequidens madeirae Fowler, 1913
• Aequidens hercules W.R. Allen, 1942

Distribution

South America

• Amazon River basin
  • Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Brazil

Conservation status: Not Evaluated (IUCN)

References

• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1863. XLV.—On new species of fishes from the Essequibo. Annals and Magazine of Natural History DOI: 10.1080/00222936308681556. Reference page. 

Links

• Crenicara punctulatum – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Crenicara punctulatum – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
• Crenicara punctulatum - Taxon details on iNaturalist.

• Crenicara punctulatum – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG).
• Crenicara punctulatum – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Crenicara punctulatum – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• Crenicara punctulatum – Taxon details on World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).

Vernacular names

English: Checkerboard cichlid
português: Xadrez