Retroculus lapidifer

Retroculus lapidifer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Retroculus
Species:
R. lapidifer
Binomial name
Retroculus lapidifer
(Castelnau, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Chromys lapidifera Castelnau, 1855
  • Acara lapidifera (Castelnau, 1855)
  • Geophagus lapidifera (Castelnau, 1855)
  • Retroculus lapidifera (Castelnau, 1855)
  • Satanoperca lapidifera (Castelnau, 1855)
  • Retroculus boulengeri Eigenmann & Bray, 1894

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.[1]

  1. ^ Whitley, G. P. (1974). "Laporte, François Louis Nompar de Caumont (1810–1880)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 3 January 2016.