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Klausewitzia ritae

Klausewitzia ritae

Classification

Klausewitzia is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Crenuchidae, the South American darters. The only species in this genus is Klausewitzia ritae, a fish found in the upper Amazon basin near the border of Brazil and Peru. The fish was described in 1965 and is named in honor of Rita Klausewitz (d.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 1