Gymnogeophagus mekinos

Gymnogeophagus mekinos is a species of geophagine cichlid. 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 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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Gymnogeophagus
Species:
G. mekinos
Binomial name
Gymnogeophagus mekinos

References

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  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.