Holotype
Holotype of Crenicichla taikyra stored at the argentinian Natural History Museum (Museo argentino de Ciencias Naturales) [Buenos aires] with registration MACN-ict 9461.Photo by Jorge Casciotta. (18-Aug-2009).

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Geophagini

Genus
Crenicichla

Status
valid


Last updated on:
16-Oct-2013

Crenicichla taikyra Casciotta, Almirón, Aichino, Gómez, Piálek & Rícan, 2013

Original description as Crenicichla taikyra:

  • Casciotta, Jorge & A. Almirón, D. Aichino, S. Gómez, L. Piálek & O. Říčan. 2013. "Crenicichla taikyra (Teleostei: Cichlidae), a new species of pike cichlid from the middle río Paraná, Argentina". Zootaxa. v. 3721(n. 4), pp. 379 – 386. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3721.4.5 (crc05740) (abstract)

Conservation: Crenicichla taikyra is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.

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