Uaru
Sign in to saveUaru is a small genus of cichlids found in blackwater and whitewater habitats in the upper Orinoco and the Amazon basin.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- 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
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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.
==Etymology== The name Uaru comes from the Amazon word for toad.
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