Crenicara
| Crenicara | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Geophaginae |
| Genus: | Crenicara Steindachner, 1875 |
| Type species | |
| Crenicara elegans Steindachner, 1875 | |
Crenicara is a small genus of cichlid fishes that are native to creeks and rivers in the Amazon and Essequibo basins in South America. These cichlids have several dark spots on the side of their body, and do not surpass 10 centimetres (3.9 in) in length.
In the past the members of the genus Dicrossus were sometimes included in Crenicara. Members of both genera are sometimes known as checkerboard or chessboard cichlids.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Crenicara latruncularium S. O. Kullander & Staeck, 1990
- Crenicara punctulatum (Günther, 1863) (Checkerboard cichlid)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Crenicara in FishBase. February 2013 version.