Cnesterodon raddai
| Cnesterodon raddai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Cnesterodon |
| Species: | C. raddai
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| Binomial name | |
| Cnesterodon raddai M. K. Meyer & Etzel, 2001
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Cnesterodon raddai, the Resistencia toothcarp, is a species of poeciliid native to the Paraguay and lower Paraná River basins.[1]
Length
[edit]This species reaches a length of 2.3 cm (0.91 in) TL.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The species name was named after zoologist and virologist Alfred C. Radda (1936–2022), of the University of Vienna, who was the first to identify this species.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Lucinda, P.H.F., 2003. Poeciliidae (Livebearers). p. 555-581. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brazil.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cnesterodon raddai". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
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