Wallaciia regani is a species of cichlid native to South America. It is found in the Amazon River basin and in the Trombetas River at Cachoeira Porteira, Brazil. This species reaches a length of 7.9 cm (3.1 in).[2]

Wallaciia regani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Wallaciia
Species:
W. regani
Binomial name
Wallaciia regani
Ploeg, 1989
Synonyms

Crenicichla regani

The fish is named in honour of Charles Tate Regan (1878–1943), of the Natural History Museum in London, who was the last ichthyologist to revise the genus Crenicichla, where this species was formerly placed, before Ploeg took on the task.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Crenicichla regani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Portuguese). 2022: e.T49829921A134704106. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T49829921A134704106.pt. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Crenicichla regani". FishBase. August 2024 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (5 August 2023). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (d-w)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. v. 9.0. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  • Kullander, S.O. (2003). "Cichlidae (Cichlids)". 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, Brasil: EDIPUCRS. pp. 605–654.