Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: 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: Geophaginae
Genus: Mazarunia
Species: M. charadrica – M. mazarunii – M. pala
Name
Mazarunia Kullander, 1990: 4
Type species: Mazarunia mazarunii Kullander, 1990
Type by original designation [also monotypic]
Gender: feminine
References
Kullander, S.O. 1990. Mazarunia mazarunii (Teleostei: Cichlidae), a new genus and species from Guyana, South America. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 1 (1): 3–14.
López-Fernández, H., Taphorn, D. C. & Liverpool, E. A. 2012. Phylogenetic diagnosis and expanded description of the genus Mazarunia Kullander, 1990 (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the upper Mazaruni River, Guyana, with description of two new species. Neotropical Ichthyology 10(3): 465–486.
Mazarunia and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Links
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Mazarunia is a genus of cichlids from the Mazaruni River, a tributary of the Essequibo River in Guyana.[1] They are dwarf cichlids that do not surpass 8.5 cm (3.3 in) in length.[2]
Species
There are three species:[2]
Mazarunia charadrica López-Fernández, Taphorn & Liverpool, 2012
Mazarunia mazarunii S. O. Kullander, 1990
Mazarunia pala López-Fernández, Taphorn & Liverpool, 2012
References
López-Fernández, H.; D.C. Taphorn; E.A. Liverpool (2012). "Phylogenetic diagnosis and expanded description of the genus Mazarunia Kullander, 1990 (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the upper Mazaruni river, Guyana, with description of two new species". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 10 (3): 465–486. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252012000300001.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Mazarunia". FishBase. February 2013 version.
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