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Crenicichla semifasciata in the aquarium of Ariel Alberto Puentes. Photo by Ariel Alberto Puentes. determiner Thomas Andersen

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Geophagini

Genus
Crenicichla

Group
Batrachops (subgenus)

Last updated on:
13-Nov-2023

Crenicichla semifasciata (Heckel, 1840)

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Original description as Batrachops semifasciatus:

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Heckel, Johann Jakob. 1840. "Johann Natterer's neue Flussfische Brasilien's nach den Beobachtungen und Mittheilungen des Entdeckers beschrieben (Erste Abtheilung, Die Labroiden)". Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte. 325-471 (crc00007)

Synonyms (1):

Acharnes chacoensis Holmberg, 1891, with type locality at Formosa, Chaco, Argentina. Determiner: Ploeg, 1991
Boggiania ocellata Perugia, 1897, with type locality at Puerto 14 de Mayo, Bahia Negra, Chaco boreale, Alto Paraguay. Determiner: Ploeg, 1991
Crenicichla simoni Haseman, 1911, with type locality at Rio Paraguay, São Luiz de Cáceres, Brazil. Determiner: Ploeg, 1991

Conservation: Crenicichla semifasciata is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.