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Cnesterodon raddai
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Poeciliidae
Genus:	Cnesterodon
Species:	C. raddai
Binomial name
Cnesterodon raddai M. K. Meyer & Etzel, 2001

Cnesterodon raddai, the Resistencia toothcarp, is a species of poeciliid native to the Paraguay and lower Paraná River basins.

Length

This species reaches a length of 2.3 cm (0.91 in) TL.

Etymology

The species name was named after zoologist and virologist Alfred C. Radda (1936–2022), of the University of Vienna, who was the first to identify this species.

References

1. Lucinda, P.H.F., 2003. Poeciliidae (Livebearers). p. 555-581. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brazil.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cnesterodon raddai". FishBase. February 2015 version.
3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 July 2024.

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