Mazarunia, the Glossary
Mazarunia is a genus of cichlids from the Mazaruni River, a tributary of the Essequibo River in Guyana.[1]
Table of Contents
8 relations: Cichlid, Dwarf cichlid, Essequibo River, Genus, Guyana, Mazaruni River, Mazarunia mazarunii, Sven O. Kullander.
- Geophagini
Cichlid
Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes.
Dwarf cichlid
Dwarf cichlid is a term used by fishkeeping hobbyists to describe an arbitrary assemblage of small-sized fish from the family Cichlidae. Mazarunia and Dwarf cichlid are Cichlidae stubs.
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Essequibo River
The Essequibo River (Río Esequibo; originally called by Alonso de Ojeda; Río Dulce) is the largest river in Guyana, and the largest river between the Orinoco and Amazon. Rising in the Acarai Mountains near the Brazil–Guyana border, the Essequibo flows to the north for through forest and savanna into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Guyana
Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic mainland British West Indies. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the country's largest city.
Mazaruni River
The Mazaruni River is a tributary of the Essequibo River in northern Guyana.
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Mazarunia mazarunii
Mazarunia mazarunii is a species of cichlid endemic to Guyana, where it is found in the upper Mazaruni River. Mazarunia and mazarunia mazarunii are Cichlidae stubs, Geophagini and taxa named by Sven O. Kullander.
See Mazarunia and Mazarunia mazarunii
Sven O. Kullander
Sven Oscar Kullander (born 30 November 1952 in Sollefteå) is a Swedish biologist specialised in ichthyology.
See Mazarunia and Sven O. Kullander
See also
Geophagini
- Apistogramma
- Apistogrammoides
- Biotodoma
- Biotoecus
- Crenicara
- Crenicara punctulatum
- Crenicichla
- Dicrossus
- Dicrossus filamentosus
- Geophagini
- Geophagus
- Guianacara
- Gymnogeophagus
- Mazarunia
- Mazarunia mazarunii
- Mikrogeophagus
- Satanoperca
- Satanoperca jurupari
- Satanoperca lilith
- Taeniacara candidi
- Teleocichla
- Teleocichla cinderella
- Threadfin acara