Gymnogeophagus mekinos is a species of geophaginecichlid. It inhabits parts of the Uruguay and Río Negro rivers. It is characterised by the absence of supraneural bones, the presence of a forward spine in its first dorsal finpterygiophore, the absence of an oblique bar between the eye and nape, possessing a black marking near the dorsal fin origin that projects to its dorsum, as well as other features.[1]
^Malabarba, Luiz R.; Malabarba, Maria Claudia; Reis, Roberto E. (2015). "Descriptions of five new species of the Neotropical cichlid genus Gymnogeophagus Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Cichliformes) from the rio Uruguay drainage". Neotropical Ichthyology. 13 (4): 637–662. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20140188. hdl:10183/144312. ISSN 1982-0224.
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gymnogeophagus, mekinos, species, geophagine, cichlid, inhabits, parts, uruguay, río, negro, rivers, characterised, absence, supraneural, bones, presence, forward, spine, first, dorsal, pterygiophore, absence, oblique, between, nape, possessing, black, marking. Gymnogeophagus mekinos is a species of geophagine cichlid It inhabits parts of the Uruguay and Rio Negro rivers It is characterised by the absence of supraneural bones the presence of a forward spine in its first dorsal fin pterygiophore the absence of an oblique bar between the eye and nape possessing a black marking near the dorsal fin origin that projects to its dorsum as well as other features 1 Gymnogeophagus mekinos Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii Order Cichliformes Family Cichlidae Genus Gymnogeophagus Species G mekinos Binomial name Gymnogeophagus mekinosL R Malabarba M C Malabarba amp R E dos Reis 2015References edit Malabarba Luiz R Malabarba Maria Claudia Reis Roberto E 2015 Descriptions of five new species of the Neotropical cichlid genus Gymnogeophagus Miranda Ribeiro 1918 Teleostei Cichliformes from the rio Uruguay drainage Neotropical Ichthyology 13 4 637 662 doi 10 1590 1982 0224 20140188 hdl 10183 144312 ISSN 1982 0224 nbsp This Cichlidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gymnogeophagus mekinos amp oldid 1194422678, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
