Crenicichla mandelburgeri explained

Crenicichla mandelburgeri is a species of cichlid native to South America. It is found in the río Paraná basin. This species reaches a length of .

The fish is named in honor of Paraguayan ichthyologist Darío Mandelburger, the co-coordinator of Proyecto Vertebrados del Paraguay (1992-1999).^[1]

Further reading

• Kullander, S.O.. 2009. Crenicichla mandelburgeri, a new species of cichlid fish (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Paraná river drainage in Paraguay. Zootaxa . 2006 . 41–50. 10.11646/zootaxa.2006.1.3.
• Phylogenomics of pike cichlids (Cichlidae: Crenicichla) of the C. mandelburgeri species complex: rapid ecological speciation in the Iguazú River and high endemism in the Middle Paraná basin. 10.1007/s10750-018-3733-6. Advances in Cichlid Research III. 2019. 832. 355–375. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. Lubomír Piálek. Edward Burress. Klára Dragová . Adriana Almirón. Jorge Casciotta. Oldřich Říčan . 1 . 2019HyBio.832..355P .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (a-c) . 3 December 2024 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 14 August 2024 . v. 13.0.