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Crenicichla scottii

Crenicichla scottii

. Eigenmann, 1907
Cabeza Amarga
Family: Cichlidae
Order: Perciformes
Class: Actinopterygii
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Crenicichla scottii is a species of cichlid native to South America. It is found in the middle and lower parts of the Uruguay River drainage in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. This species reaches a length of .

The fish is named in honor of vertebrate paleontologist William Berryman Scott (1858-1947) of Princeton University, who collected the type specimen.

Source: Wikipedia, article Crenicichla scottii. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 16/07/2026.





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GroupSpeciesDateUser
BirdsAninga (Anhinga anhinga)02/02/2017Diego Carus
BirdsAninga (Anhinga anhinga)23/01/2017Diego Carus



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
150801527/11/2021ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresLago de RegatasPatricia Gabriela Mancilla Iglesias
31105425/07/2015ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresLago de RegatasDiego Carus
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Crenicichla scottii – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 20/09/2026.