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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Cichlinae
Etymology: Crenicichla: Latin, crenulatus = cut, clipped + Greek, kichle = wrasse (Ref. 45335); monicae: Named for Mônica Toledo-Piza Ragazzo for her initiative and effort in publishing the drawings
of Wallace which were a great service to science, and also for decisiveness in identifying the new species.
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Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical, preferred ?
Distribution
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South America: lower Rio Uaupés and lower Rio Içana, tributaries of the upper Rio Negro in Brazil. Unconfirmed information suggests that the species occurs also more upstream in the Uaupés at Mitú in Colombia.
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Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 104137); 22.4 cm SL (female)
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Kullander, S.O. and H.R. Varella, 2015. Wallace's pike cichlid gets a name after 160 years: a new species of cichlid fish (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Upper Rio Negro in Brazil. Copeia 103(3):512-519. (Ref. 104137)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
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Harmless
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