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Uaru is a small genus of cichlids found in blackwater and whitewater habitats in the upper Orinoco and the Amazon basin.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyCichlidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded317

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
12
Family
Cichlidae
Collections
UMMZ, MNHN, CAS, FMNH, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), USNM
Recorded in
Guyana, Bresil, Brazil, Venezuela, Brasil, Peru

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Cichlidae
Image
Uaru fernandezyepezi.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Uaru
Commons category
Uaru
topic's main category
Category:Uaru
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Species
  • See also
  • References

Uaru is a small genus of cichlids found in blackwater and whitewater habitats in the upper Orinoco and the Amazon basin.

==Etymology== The name Uaru comes from the Amazon word for toad.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Uaru” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.