Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Cichlinae
Genus: Andinoacara
Species: Andinoacara blombergi
Name
- Andinoacara blombergi Wijkmark, Kullander & Barriga Salazar, 2012
Holotype: MEPN 11180. Paratypes: MHNG 2725.026 (3); NRM 13866 (10); BMNH 1860.6.16:153 (1); GNM Pi.ex. 3510-3516 (7); ZSM 22143 (2).
Type locality: Ecuador, Pichincha, río Esmeraldas drainage, 17 km downstream of Alluriquin, Rio Toachi.
Etymology: Named in recognition of the life’s work of explorer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker Rolf Blomberg (1912-1996). Blomberg, born in Sweden, made several expeditions in Ecuador and eventually settled in Quito, Ecuador (Repo, 2011).
References
- Wijkmark, N., Kullander, S. O. & Barriga Salazar, R. E.; 2012: Andinoacara blombergi, a new species from the río Esmeraldas basin in Ecuador and a review of A. rivulatus (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (2): 117–137.