Bujurquina

Bujurquina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Cichlasomatinae
Genus: Bujurquina
S. O. Kullander, 1986
Type species
Bujurquina moriorum
S. O. Kullander, 1986

Bujurquina is a genus of cichlid fish endemic to South America. Most species in the genus are restricted to the western Amazon Basin. The only exceptions are B. mariae from the Orinoco Basin, and B. oenolaemus and B. vittata from the ParaguayParaná Basin.

Species

There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Species of Bujurquina in FishBase. March 2016 version.
  2. Arbour, J.H., Barriga Salazar, R.E. & López-Fernández, H. (2014): A New Species of Bujurquina (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Río Danta, Ecuador, with a Key to the Species in the Genus. Copeia, 2014 (1): 79-86.
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