Male in the aquarium
Male of Caquetaia myersi in the aquarium of Don Danko [USA]. Photo by Don Danko.

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Therapsini

Genus
Caquetaia


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Last updated on:
30-Dec-2009

Caquetaia myersi (Schultz, 1944)


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Original description as Petenia myersi:

ZooBank:0023D827-BB63-4FFD-A724-A6E891AF44CD.

  • Schultz, Leonard Peter. 1944. "A new species of cichlid fish of the genus Petenia from Colombia". Journal of the Washington Academy of Science. 34(12):410-412 (crc00286)

Synonyms (1):

Conservation: Caquetaia myersi is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2014).