Sympatry and syntopy of cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae) in the Selva Central, upper Ucayali river basin, Peru

Autor: Oldřich Říčan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Check List, Vol 13, Iss 3, Pp 1-11 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1809-127X
DOI: 10.15560/13.3.2146
Popis: Sympatry and syntopy are rare among congeneric cichlids in the Neotropics. Among Peruvian Amazonian cichlids congeneric syntopy has so far been reported in only 1 case known from a single locality. Based on thorough exploration of a new locality I refute the syntopy of the 2 species involved: Bujurquina robusta (Kullander, 1986) is a mouth-bay species while B. labiosa (Kullander, 1986) is an upland species. I demonstrate the generality of this ecological allotopy with further examples from a second study area including a different set of species.
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