Klausewitzia

Klausewitzia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Crenuchidae
Subfamily: Characidiinae
Genus: Klausewitzia
Géry, 1965
Species:
K. ritae
Binomial name
Klausewitzia ritae
Géry, 1965

Klausewitzia is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Crenuchidae, the South American darters. The only species in this genus is Klausewitzia ritae, a fish found in the upper Amazon basin near the border of Brazil and Peru.

The fish was described in 1965 and is named in honor of Rita Klausewitz (d. 1995), the wife of ichthyologist Wolfgang Klausewitz.


References

  1. ↑ Salvador, G.N. (2023). "Klausewitzia ritae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T49830193A159682170. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49830193A159682170.en. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Characidiinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  3. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Klausewitzia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Klausewitzia ritae". FishBase. February 2025 version.
  5. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (2023). "Family CRENUCHIDAE Günther 1864 (South American Darters and Sailfin Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 December 2023.