Mesonauta mirificus

Mesonauta mirificus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cichliformes
Family:Cichlidae
Genus:Mesonauta
Species: M. mirificus
Binomial name
Mesonauta mirificus
Kullander & Silfvergrip, 1991

Mesonauta mirificus is a species of cichlid fish native to the western Amazon basin in Peru and Colombia.[1][2] It is typically found near plants in blackwater rivers and reaches a length up to 9.7 cm (3.8 in).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Mesonauta mirificus" in FishBase. January 2017 version.
  2. Kullander, S.O.; Silfvergrip, A.M.C. (1991). "Review of the South American cichlid genus Mesonauta Günther (Teleostei, Cichlidae) with descriptions of two new species". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 92 (2): 407–448.


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