Petenia splendida
| Petenia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Cichlasomatinae |
| Genus: | Petenia Günther, 1862 |
| Species: | P. splendida |
| Binomial name | |
| Petenia splendida Günther, 1862 | |
Petenia splendida, the Bay snook, is a species of cichlid native to the Atlantic slope of tropical Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. It prefers slower-moving reaches of rivers and lakes. This piscivorous species can reach a length of 50 centimetres (20 in) SL. It is important to local commercial fisheries.[1]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Petenia splendida" in FishBase. April 2013 version.