Carlana is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae. It contains the single species Carlana eigenmanni, which is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama. The maximum standard length is 5.4 centimetres (2.1 in).[2]
| Carlana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | Rhoadsiinae |
| Genus: | Carlana Strand, 1928 |
| Species: | C. eigenmanni[1]
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| Binomial name | |
| Carlana eigenmanni[1] (Meek, 1912)
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C. eigenmanni is found in freshwater environments in Central America in the Pacific and Atlantic drainages from Nicaragua to Panama. This species specifically lives close to the shoreline, river backwaters, and motionless region of habitats. They can be found near vegetation. They feed mainly on algae and sometimes on aquatic insects.[3]
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Carl H. Eigenmann (1863-1927), who increased the knowledge of the Characins.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Carlana eigenmanni". ITIS Report. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ "Carlana eigenmanni (Meek, 1912)". Fish Base. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ "Carlana eigenmanni". Encyclopedia of Life.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
Notes edit
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Carlana eigenmanni" in FishBase. February 2017 version.
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