Caquetaia myersi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Genus: | Caquetaia |
Species: | C. myersi |
Binomial name | |
Caquetaia myersi (L. P. Schultz, 1944) | |
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Caquetaia myersi is a species of fish, a large predatory cichlid, which is endemic to the basin of the Amazon River, specifically the Putumayo and Napo rivers of Ecuador and Colombia. [2] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist George S. Myers (1905-1985) of Stanford University, who first noticed that this was a different species of fish but did not formally describe it. [3] The fish is a protrusible-mouthed predator. [4] The juveniles are omnivorous but the large adults are carnivorous. [1]