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Adult of Crenicichla brasiliensis in the aquarium of David Rejdemyhr [Sweden].Photo by David Rejdemyhr. (16-Sep-2016).

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Geophagini

Genus
Crenicichla

Group
Lacustris

Status
valid

Curator
Rico Morgenstern

Published:
25-Nov-2020

Last updated on:
25-Nov-2020

Crenicichla brasiliensis (Bloch, 1792)

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Original description as Perca brasiliensis:

ZooBank:BC45E139-F1D8-4B3E-954F-5BF4E1CEF9BC.

Bloch, Marcus Elieser. 1792. "Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. v. 6". Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische, Berlin. i-xii + 1-126, Pls. 289-323 (crc01051)

Synonyms (2):

Sparus nhoquunda Lacepède, 1802, with type locality at Array. Determiner: Kullander, 2003
Crenicichla menezesi Ploeg, 1991, with type locality at Caieira, Maranhao, Brazil. Determiner: Varella et al., 2018

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