Wallaciia heckeli explained

Wallaciia heckeli is a species of cichlid native to South America. It is found in the Amazon River basin and in the Trombetas River close to Cachoeira Porteira, Brazil. This species reaches a length of .

The fish is named in honour of Austrian ichthyologist Johann Jakob Heckel (1790-1857), who proposed the genus Crenicichla, in which this fish was formerly placed, in 1840 and described its first ten species of which eight are still valid today, in three genera.^[1]

References

• Book: Kullander, S.O. . 2003. Cichlidae (Cichlids). 605-654 . R.E. Reis . Roberto Esser dos Reis . S.O. Kullander . C.J. Ferraris, Jr.. and. Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre, Brasil. EDIPUCRS.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (d-w) . 6 August 2024 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 5 August 2023 . v. 9.0.