Crenicichla monicae

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 monicae

Name

Crenicichla monicae Kullander & Varella, 2015

• Holotype: MZUSP 115494 .
• Paratypes: NRM 66233 (1); ZSM 28113 (1).

Type locality: Brazil, State of Amazonas, Rio Negro drainage, Taracua.

Etymology: named for Mônica Toledo-Piza Ragazzo. Her initiative and effort in publishing the drawings of Wallace were a great service to science, and also decisive for identifying the species.

Vernacular names

English: Wallace’s Pike Cichlid

References

• Kullander, S.O. & Varella, H.R. 2015. Wallace’s Pike Cichlid Gets a Name after 160 Years: A New Species of Cichlid Fish (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Upper Rio Negro in Brazil. Copeia 103(3): 512–519. DOI: 10.1643/CI-14-169 Reference page.