Male in the aquarium
A male of Crenicichla frenata from Trinidad in the aquarium of Frank Warzel [Germany].Photo by Frank Warzel.

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Geophagini

Genus
Crenicichla

Group
Saxatilis

Status
valid


Crenicichla frenata Gill, 1858

Original description as Crenicichla frenata:

ZooBank:3E3349AD-F26D-45C1-8970-0C3A5DE86A3F.

  • Gill, Theodore Nicholas. 1858. "Synopsis of the fresh water fishes of the western portion of the island of Trinidad, West Indies". Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. v. 6, pp. 363-430 (crc00100)

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

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