Geophagus neambi

Geophagus neambi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Geophagus
Species:	G. neambi
Binomial name
	Geophagus neambi; Lucinda, Lucena, & Assis, 2010

Last updated June 06, 2025

Geophagus neambi is a Geophagini cichlid native to the Tocantins River drainage in Brazil.^[1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Núcleo de Estudos Ambientais (Neamb), of the Universidade Federal do Tocantins (Brazil), for its continuing effort in the study of the rio Tocantins ichthyofauna.^[2]

References

↑ P. H. F. Lucinda; C. A. S. Lucena; N. C. Assis (2010). "Two new species of cichlid fish genus Geophagus Heckel from the Rio Tocantins drainage (Perciformes: Cichlidae)". Zootaxa. 2429: 29–42. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2429.1.2.
↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (d-w)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 5 June 2025.

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[Mérona-1] P. H. F. Lucinda; C. A. S. Lucena; N. C. Assis (2010). "Two new species of cichlid fish genus Geophagus Heckel from the Rio Tocantins drainage (Perciformes: Cichlidae)". Zootaxa. 2429: 29–42. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2429.1.2.

[ETYFish-2] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (d-w)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 5 June 2025.

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