Mazarunia pala

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 pala

Name

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

Holotype: UG/CSBD 1688 [ex ROM 89675]. Paratypes: many at ROM.

Type locality: Upper Mazaruni River, near mouth of Kamarang River, 5°51'56.80"N, 60°36'32.076"W, Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region 7), Guyana.[1]

Etymology: From the Greek pala, meaning gold nugget, in reference to the golden spots behind and under the orbit. Also in reference to the fact that this species has only been collected in the main channel of the upper Mazaruni River, where a growing gold mining industry may be contributing to degradation of its habitat.

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 pala in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.