Biology:Bujurquina

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Bujurquina
BujurquinaSyspilus.JPG
Bujurquina syspilus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Tribe: Cichlasomatini
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 Paraguay–Paraná Basin.

Species

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

  • Bujurquina apoparuana S. O. Kullander, 1986
  • Bujurquina beniensis M. Careaga, 2023[2]
  • Bujurquina cordemadi S. O. Kullander, 1986
  • Bujurquina eurhinus S. O. Kullander, 1986
  • Bujurquina hophrys S. O. Kullander, 1986
  • Bujurquina huallagae S. O. Kullander, 1986
  • Bujurquina labiosa S. O. Kullander, 1986
  • Bujurquina mabelae M. Careaga, 2023[2]
  • Bujurquina mariae C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
  • Bujurquina megalospilus S. O. Kullander, 1986
  • Bujurquina moriorum S. O. Kullander, 1986
  • Bujurquina oenolaemus S. O. Kullander, 1987
  • Bujurquina ortegai S. O. Kullander, 1986
  • Bujurquina pardus Arbour, Barriga S. & López-Fernández, 2014[3]
  • Bujurquina peregrinabunda S. O. Kullander, 1986
  • Bujurquina robusta S. O. Kullander, 1986
  • Bujurquina syspilus Cope, 1872
  • Bujurquina tambopatae S. O. Kullander, 1986
  • Bujurquina vittata Heckel, 1840
  • Bujurquina zamorensis Regan, 1905

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Bujurquina in FishBase. March 2016 version.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Careaga, Matías; Miranda, Guido; Carvajal-Vallejos, Fernando M. (2023). "Description of two new species of Bujurquina (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Bolivian Amazon". Neotropical Ichthyology 21 (2). doi:10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0093. https://www.scielo.br/j/ni/a/77fgwBPcVCfT8hZ8f63vKxq/?format=html. Retrieved 16 August 2023. 
  3. 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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