Crenicichla scottii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Crenicichla |
| Species: | C. scottii
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| Crenicichla scottii C. H. Eigenmann, 1907
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Crenicichla scottii is a species of cichlid native to South America. It is found in the middle and lower parts of the Uruguay River drainage in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. This species reaches a length of 16.9 cm (6.7 in).[2]
The fish is named in honor of vertebrate paleontologist William Berryman Scott (1858-1947) of Princeton University, who collected the type specimen.[3]
References
- ^ Frederico, R.G. (2023). "Crenicichla scottii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T186447A1813197. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T186447A1813197.en. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Crenicichla scottii". FishBase.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- Kullander, S.O. (2003). "Cichlidae (Cichlids)". In R.E. Reis; S.O. Kullander; C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.). Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre, Brasil: EDIPUCRS. pp. 605–654.