Mazarunia charadrica

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: Mazarunia
Species: Mazarunia charadrica

Name

• Mazarunia charadrica López-Fernández et. al., 2012

Holotype: UG/CSBD 1667 [ex ROM 83808]. Paratypes: many at ROM and ANSP.

Type locality: Upper Mazaruni River, Waruma Creek, 5°28'31.8"N, 60°46'46.812"W, Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region 7), Guyana.[1]

Etymology: From the Greek charadra, a mountain stream or a torrent. In reference to its apparent preference for reophilous habitats.

References

• López-Fernández, H., Taphorn, D. C. & Liverpool, E. A.; 2012: Phylogenetic diagnosis and expanded description of the genus Mazarunia Kullander, 1990 (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the upper Mazaruni River, Guyana, with description of two new species. Neotropical Ichthyology, 10 (3): 465–486.
• Mazarunia charadrica in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.