Caquetaia myersi

Caquetaia myersi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Caquetaia
Species:
C. myersi
Binomial name
Caquetaia myersi
Synonyms
  • Petenia myersi Schultz, 1944
  • Caquetaia amploris Fowler, 1945

Caquetaia myersi is a species of fish, a large predatory cichlid, which is endemic to the basin of the Amazon River, specifically the Putumayo and Napo rivers of Ecuador and Colombia.[2] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist George S. Myers (1905-1985) of Stanford University, who first noticed that this was a different species of fish but did not formally describe it.[3] The fish is a protrusible-mouthed predator.[4] The juveniles are omnivorous but the large adults are carnivorous.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Arguello, P. & Sanchez-Duarte, P. (2016). "Caquetaia myersi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T49830402A66406270. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T49830402A66406270.en.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Caquetaia myersi". FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  4. ^ Borstein, Rick (11 August 2011). "Caquetaia myersi". www.gcca.net. Retrieved 2018-08-25.


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