Gymnogeophagus constellatus
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Gymnogeophagus constellatus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Genus: | Gymnogeophagus |
Species: | G. constellatus
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Binomial name | |
Gymnogeophagus constellatus | |
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Distribution of Gymnogeophagus constellatus (red) |
Gymnogeophagus constellatus is a species of geophagine cichlid. It inhabits parts of the Uruguay and Río Negro rivers in eastern Rio Grande do Sul. It is characterised by the absence of supraneural bones, the presence of a forward spine in its first dorsal fin pterygiophore, the absence of an oblique bar between the eye and nape, possessing a black marking near the dorsal fin origin that projects to its dorsum, as well as other features.[1]
References
- ^ Malabarba, Luiz R.; Malabarba, Maria Claudia; Reis, Roberto E. (2015). "Descriptions of five new species of the Neotropical cichlid genus Gymnogeophagus Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Cichliformes) from the rio Uruguay drainage". Neotropical Ichthyology. 13 (4): 637–662. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20140188. hdl:10183/144312. ISSN 1982-0224.
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