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Aequidens

Index Aequidens

Aequidens is a genus of fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America. [1]

31 relations: Actinopterygii, Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro, Amazon basin, Andinoacara, Animal, Bujurquina, Carl H. Eigenmann, Chordate, Cichlid, Cichlinae, Family (biology), Fish, Genus, Han Nijssen, Johann Jakob Heckel, Keyhole cichlid, Krobia (fish), Laetacara, Orinoco Basin, Paraná River, Parnaíba River, Perciformes, Robert F. Inger, Rondonacara hoehnei, Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet, South America, Sven O. Kullander, Tahuantinsuyoa, The Guianas, Wastebasket taxon, William L. Bray.

Actinopterygii

Actinopterygii, or the ray-finned fishes, constitute a class or subclass of the bony fishes.

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Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro

Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro (21 February 1874, Rio Preto, Minas Gerais – 8 January 1939) was a Brazilian herpetologist and ichthyologist.

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Amazon basin

The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries.

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Andinoacara

Andinoacara is a genus of fish in the family Cichlidae.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Bujurquina

Bujurquina is a genus of cichlid fish endemic to South America.

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Carl H. Eigenmann

Carl Henry Eigenmann (March 9, 1863 – April 24, 1927) was an ichthyologist who, along with his wife Rosa Smith Eigenmann, described many of the fishes of North America and South America for the first time.

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Chordate

A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.

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Cichlid

Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes.

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Cichlinae

The Cichlinae are a subfamily of fishes in the cichlid family, native to South America.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Fish

Fish are gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Han Nijssen

Han Nijssen (1935– 2013) at the UvA Album academicum was a Dutch ichthyologist.

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Johann Jakob Heckel

Johann Jakob Heckel (23 January 1790 – 1 March 1857) was an Austrian taxidermist, zoologist, and ichthyologist from Mannheim in the Electoral Palatinate.

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Keyhole cichlid

The keyhole cichlid (Cleithracara maronii) is a cichlid fish endemic to tropical South America, occurring in the lower Orinoco Basin in Venezuela and river basins in The Guianas.

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Krobia (fish)

Krobia is a genus of cichlid fish native to freshwater habitats in South America, with three species found in the Guianas and a single in the Xingu River basin.

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Laetacara

Laetacara is a small genus of cichlids native to soft, acidic freshwater habitats in South America.

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Orinoco Basin

The Orinoco Basin is the part of South America drained by the Orinoco river and its tributaries.

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Paraná River

The Paraná River (Río Paraná, Rio Paraná, Ysyry Parana) is a river in south Central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some.

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Parnaíba River

The Parnaíba River (Rio Parnaíba) is a river in Brazil, which forms the border between the states of Maranhão and Piauí.

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Perciformes

Perciformes, also called the Percomorpha or Acanthopteri, are the most numerous order of vertebrates, containing about 41% of all bony fish.

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Robert F. Inger

Robert Frederick Inger (September 10, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American herpetologist.

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Rondonacara hoehnei

Rondonacara hoehnei is a species of cichlid fish of the subfamily Cichlinae.

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Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet

Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet of Applegarth FRS FRSE FLS FSA (23 February 1800 – 21 November 1874) was a Scottish naturalist.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Sven O. Kullander

Sven Oscar Kullander (born 30 November 1952 in Sollefteå) is a Swedish biologist specialised in ichthyology.

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Tahuantinsuyoa

Tahuantinsuyoa is a small genus of cichlids endemic to Peru where they are found in the Amazon Basin.

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The Guianas

The Guianas, sometimes called by the Spanish loan-word Guayanas (Las Guayanas), are a region in north-eastern South America which includes the following three territories.

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Wastebasket taxon

Wastebasket taxon (also called a wastebin taxon, dustbin taxon or catch-all taxon) is a term used by some taxonomists to refer to a taxon that has the sole purpose of classifying organisms that do not fit anywhere else.

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William L. Bray

William L. Bray, Ph.D. University of Chicago, botanist, plant ecologist, biogeographer and Professor of Botany at Syracuse University, was the first dean of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, from 1911-12.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aequidens

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