Ivanacara | |
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Ivanacara adoketa | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Subfamily: | Cichlinae |
Tribe: | Cichlasomatini |
Genus: |
Ivanacara Römer & Hahn, 2006 |
Type species | |
Ivanacara adoketa Kullander & Prada-Pedreros, 1993
[1]
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Ivanacara are a genus of cichlid fishes from tropical South America. [1] [2] This genus was identified as a new in 2006, [2] but many authorities do not recognize it and maintain its species in Nannacara. [3]
Nannacara adoketa and Nannacara bimaculata were reassigned to the new genus Ivanacara. [2][ page needed] This change has not been recognized by FishBase, [4] but it has been adopted by the Catalog of Fishes. [1]
Ivanacara | |
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Ivanacara adoketa | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Subfamily: | Cichlinae |
Tribe: | Cichlasomatini |
Genus: |
Ivanacara Römer & Hahn, 2006 |
Type species | |
Ivanacara adoketa Kullander & Prada-Pedreros, 1993
[1]
|
Ivanacara are a genus of cichlid fishes from tropical South America. [1] [2] This genus was identified as a new in 2006, [2] but many authorities do not recognize it and maintain its species in Nannacara. [3]
Nannacara adoketa and Nannacara bimaculata were reassigned to the new genus Ivanacara. [2][ page needed] This change has not been recognized by FishBase, [4] but it has been adopted by the Catalog of Fishes. [1]