Mesonauta acora | |
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Painting by Castelnau from the South America Expedition, 1856 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Subfamily: | Cichlasomatinae |
Tribe: | Heroini |
Genus: | Mesonauta |
Species: | M. acora |
Binomial name | |
Mesonauta acora Castelnau, 1855 |
Mesonauta acora is a species of cichlid fish native to blackwater in the Xingu and basins in South America. The species was named by François Louis de la Porte, comte de Castelnau in 1855.