Mesonauta festivus

Mesonauta festivus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Mesonauta
Species:	M. fetivus
Binomial name
Mesonauta festivus (Heckel, 1840) [1]

Mesonauta festivus is a species of cichlid. It is a fish which lives in fresh water in Brazil, Peru and Bolivia. It is 12–15 cm long.

In 1991 Mesonauta festivus was recategorised. The result was that the group Mesonauta was split into five: Mesonauta festivus from streams which run into the Amazon in Bolivia and Paraguay, Mesonauta acora from Tocantins and Xingu, Mesonauta egregius from Orinoco in Colombia, Mesonauta insignis from the upper Rio Negro and Orinoco, close to Casiquiare, and Mesonauta mirificus from the state of Amazonas in Peru.

References

1. ^ "Mesonauta fetivus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=169976. 

External links

• (English) Mesonauta festivus - FishBase
• (English) Festivum, Festive Cichlid, Flag Cichlid - fish.mongabay.com