Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Cichlomorphae
Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Cichlinae
Genus: Andinoacara
Species: Andinoacara blombergi

Name

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.
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