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Retroculus lapidifer

Retroculus lapidifer

Classification

Family
Cichlidae

Retroculus lapidifer is a species of cichlid native to tropical South America, where it is found in the rivers of the southeastern Amazon basin in Brazil. This fish was first described in 1855 by the French naturalist Francis de Laporte de Castelnau, who studied the fauna of South America while crossing the continent from Rio de Janeiro to Lima in an expedition starting in 1843 and lasting five years. Description R.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 39