adults in the aquarium
Adults of Crenicichla gaucho in the in the aquarium of Oliver Lucanus [Canada].Photo by Oliver Lucanus.

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Geophagini

Genus
Crenicichla

Group
Scotti

Status
valid


Crenicichla gaucho Lucena & Kullander, 1992

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Original description as Crenicichla gaucho:

ZooBank:956C9FB2-1102-4A38-BD93-C65348EC67BF.

  • Lucena, Carlos & S. Kullander. 1992. "The Crenicichla (Teleostei: Cichlidae) species of the Uruguai River drainage in Brazil". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. v. 3(n. 2), pp 97-160 (crc00073) (abstract)

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