Uaru
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Uaru | |
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File:Uaru fernandezyepezi.jpg | |
Uaru fernandezyepezi | |
Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Tribe: | Heroini |
Genus: | Uaru Heckel, 1840 |
Type species | |
Uaru amphiacanthoides Heckel, 1840
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Uaru is a small genus of cichlids found in blackwater and whitewater habitats in the upper Orinoco and the Amazon basin.[1][2]
Etymology
The name Uaru comes from the Amazon word for toad.[2]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Uaru amphiacanthoides Heckel, 1840 (uaru)
- Uaru fernandezyepezi Stawikowski, 1989
See also
References
Wikispecies has information related to Uaru.
- ↑ Staeck, Wolfgang; Linke, Horst (1995). American Cichlids II: Large Cichlids: A Handbook for Their Identification, Care, and Breeding. Germany: Tetra Press. ISBN 1-56465-169-X.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Uaru". FishBase. April 2013 version.