Crenicichla saxatilis

Species of fish

Crenicichla saxatilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Crenicichla
Species:
C. saxatilis
Binomial name
Crenicichla saxatilis
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Crenicichla saxatilis, the ring tailed pike cichlid, is a species of cichlid native to South America. It is found swimming in the Atlantic coast drainages of Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela and Trinidad. This species reaches a length of 20 cm (7.9 in).[1]

References

  1. ^ "Crenicichla saxatilis, Ringtail pike cichlid : Aquarium".
  • Kullander, S.O. and H. Nijssen, 1989. The cichlids of Surinam: Teleostei, Labroidei. E.J. Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands. 256 p.
Taxon identifiers
Crenicichla saxatilis
  • Wikidata: Q276501
  • Wikispecies: Crenicichla saxatilis
  • BOLD: 48101
  • CoL: ZCGQ
  • EoL: 205921
  • FishBase: 12312
  • GBIF: 2370924
  • iNaturalist: 67383
  • IRMNG: 10761125
  • ITIS: 169905
  • NCBI: 50737
  • Open Tree of Life: 952962
  • WoRMS: 1022945


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