Rondonacara hoehnei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Subfamily: | Cichlinae |
Tribe: | Cichlasomatini |
Genus: |
Rondonacara Ottoni & Mattos, 2015 [2] |
Species: | R. hoehnei
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Binomial name | |
Rondonacara hoehnei (
A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918)
[1]
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Synonyms | |
Aequidens hoehnei (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918) |
Rondonacara hoehnei is a species of cichlid fish of the subfamily Cichlinae. This species is endemic to the upper das Mortes River basin in the Araguaia drainage of central Brazil. [2] [3] This species is the only known member of its genus, but it was formerly included in Aequidens. [2] Although not yet rated by the IUCN, it has been suggested that it is seriously threatened and should be considered critically endangered. [2] The specific name honour the collector of the type specimen, the Brazilian botanist Frederico Carlos Hoehne (1882-1959). [4]
Rondonacara hoehnei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Subfamily: | Cichlinae |
Tribe: | Cichlasomatini |
Genus: |
Rondonacara Ottoni & Mattos, 2015 [2] |
Species: | R. hoehnei
|
Binomial name | |
Rondonacara hoehnei (
A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918)
[1]
| |
Synonyms | |
Aequidens hoehnei (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918) |
Rondonacara hoehnei is a species of cichlid fish of the subfamily Cichlinae. This species is endemic to the upper das Mortes River basin in the Araguaia drainage of central Brazil. [2] [3] This species is the only known member of its genus, but it was formerly included in Aequidens. [2] Although not yet rated by the IUCN, it has been suggested that it is seriously threatened and should be considered critically endangered. [2] The specific name honour the collector of the type specimen, the Brazilian botanist Frederico Carlos Hoehne (1882-1959). [4]