Check List 13(3): e19747, doi: 10.15560/13.3.2146
Sympatry and syntopy of cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae) in the Selva Central, upper Ucayali river basin, Peru
expand article infoOldřich Říčan‡
‡ University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic

Corresponding author: Oldřich Říčan ( oldrich.rican@prf.jcu.cz )

© 2017 Oldřich Říčan.
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Citation: Říčan O (2017) Sympatry and syntopy of cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae) in the Selva Central, upper Ucayali river basin, Peru. Check List 13(3): 2146. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.3.2146
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Abstract
Sympatry and syntopy are rare among congeneric cichlids in the Neotropics. Among Peruvian Amazonian cichlids congeneric syntopy has so far been reported in only 1 case known from a single locality. Based on thorough exploration of a new locality I refute the syntopy of the 2 species involved: Bujurquina robusta (Kullander, 1986) is a mouth-bay species while B. labiosa (Kullander, 1986) is an upland species. I demonstrate the generality of this ecological allotopy with further examples from a second study area including a different set of species.
Keywords
ordillera El Sira; Reservas comunal El Sira; Rio Tambo; Departamento de Ucayali; Rio Pachitea; Departamento de Pasco; congenerics