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Crenicichla chicha Varella, Kullander & Lima, 2012

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Comments: Known from the rio Papagaio and tributaries, itself a tributary of the rio Juruena, a major headwater of the rio Tapajós in the state of Mato Grosso. Collected above and below the Cachoeira do Utiariti, a major (about 90 meters high) waterfall in the rio Papagaio (Ref. 91069).
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Main Ref: Varella, H.R., S.O. Kullander and F.C.T. Lima, 2012
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Cichlinae
Etymology: Crenicichla: Latin, crenulatus = cut, clipped + Greek, kichle = wrasse (Ref. 45335);  chicha: Named as homage to the Paresi (or Halíti), one of the indigenous groups originally living in the Mato Grosso plateau in the region of the upper rio Juruena basin. The specific name refers to 'chicha' festivities of these people, in what they meet to drink 'olóniti', a beverage made with roasted tapioca (cassava starch) of mandioca brava (bitter cassava), dance, and sing their myths. Nowadays, these celebrations occur mainly when they conclude rites of individual passage - nomination of children and pubertal girls, or within a timetable ritual, such the first harvest time of a culture of cassava. A noun in apposition..

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Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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