Kihnichthys
Kihnichthys ufermanni, the Usumacinta cichlid, is a species of cichlid found in Middle America. This species occurs the Pasión River system, a tributary to the Usumacinta River in Petén, Guatemala. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1] The generic name honours the Guatemalan ichthyologist Herman A. Kihn while the specific name honours the German aquarist, and friend of Robert Allgayer's, Alfred Ufermann who died in 2000.[2]
| Kihnichthys | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Kihnichthys McMahan & Matamoros, 2015 [1] |
| Species: | K. ufermanni |
| Binomial name | |
| Kihnichthys ufermanni (Allgayer, 2002) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cichlasoma ufermanni Allgayer, 2002 | |
References
- McMahan, C.D., Matamoros, W.A., Piller, K.R. & Chakrabarty, P. (2015). "Taxonomy and systematics of the herichthyins (Cichlidae: Tribe Heroini), with the description of eight new Middle American Genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3999 (2): 211–234. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.3. PMID 26623572.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (d-w)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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