The Fishes of the Cichlid Genus Crenicichla in French Guiana
Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, 56 (2): 221-231 — 1986 The fishes of the cichlid genus Crenicichla in French Guiana (Pisces, Perciformes, Cichlidae) by A. Ploeg Institute of Taxonomic Zoology (Zoblogisch Museum), University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 20125, 1000 HC Amsterdam, The Netherlands Abstract which included the area around the Mana River, including the French Guianan border of A review of the of the cichlid Crenicichla species genus the Maroni River. Heckel, 1840 in French Guiana is presented. Five species C. Seven of Crenicichla have been are encountered, viz.: C. saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758), species albopunctata Pellegrin, 1904, C. multispinosa Pellegrin, recorded in the literature in French as present 1903, C. ternetzi Norman, 1926, and C. johanna Heckel, Guiana, viz.: C. brasiliensis (Bloch, 1792); C. 1840. Their geographic distribution is indicated. The johanna Heckel, 1840 [including C. j. var. variation ofmorphometric, meristic, and pigment charac- carsevennensis examined. The of these characters is Pellegrin, 1905]; C. lugubris ters are variability compared with the variability within Crenicichla saxatilis Heckel, 1840; C. multispinosa Pellegrin, 1903; from the Suriname River, Surinam 1986). C. saxatilis C. (Ploeg, (Linnaeus, 1758) [including s. ternetzi var. albopunctata Pellegrin, 1904]; C. Résumé Norman, 1926; and C. vaillanti Pellegrin, 1904. On les du de Cichlidés For the the of these passe en revue espèces genre present study occurrence II de Crenicichla Heckel, 1840, de Guyane française. s’agit species in French Guiana is reinvestigated and cinq espèces, à savoir: C. saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758), C. all material for that of C. type (except albopunctata Pellegrin, 1904, C. multispinosa Pellegrin, brasiliensis) has been examined.
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