Bujurquina

Bujurquina is a genus of cichlid fish endemic to South America. Most species in the genus are restricted to the western Amazon Basin. The only exceptions are B. mariae from the Orinoco Basin, and B. oenolaemus and B. vittata from the Paraguay–Paraná Basin.

Bujurquina
Bujurquina syspilus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Cichlasomatini
Genus:	Bujurquina S. O. Kullander, 1986
Type species
Bujurquina moriorum S. O. Kullander, 1986

Species

There are 19 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Bujurquina apoparuana S. O. Kullander, 1986
• Bujurquina beniensis M. Careaga, 2023^[2]
• Bujurquina cordemadi S. O. Kullander, 1986
• Bujurquina eurhinus S. O. Kullander, 1986
• Bujurquina hophrys S. O. Kullander, 1986
• Bujurquina huallagae S. O. Kullander, 1986
• Bujurquina labiosa S. O. Kullander, 1986
• Bujurquina mabelae M. Careaga, 2023^[2]
• Bujurquina mariae C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
• Bujurquina megalospilus S. O. Kullander, 1986
• Bujurquina moriorum S. O. Kullander, 1986
• Bujurquina oenolaemus S. O. Kullander, 1987
• Bujurquina omagua Říčan & Říčanová, 2023^[3]
• Bujurquina ortegai S. O. Kullander, 1986
• Bujurquina pardus Arbour, Barriga S. & López-Fernández, 2014^[4]
• Bujurquina peregrinabunda S. O. Kullander, 1986
• Bujurquina robusta S. O. Kullander, 1986
• Bujurquina syspilus Cope, 1872
• Bujurquina tambopatae S. O. Kullander, 1986
• Bujurquina vittata Heckel, 1840
• Bujurquina zamorensis Regan, 1905

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bujurquina". FishBase. March 2016 version.
2. Careaga, Matías; Miranda, Guido; Carvajal-Vallejos, Fernando M. (2023). "Description of two new species of Bujurquina (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Bolivian Amazon". Neotropical Ichthyology. 21 (2). doi:10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0093.
3. Oldřich Říčan; Štěpánka Říčanová (1 June 2023). "A new highly apomorphic species of Bujurquina (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from a reverse flowing river in the Peruvian Amazon, with a key to the species in the genus". European Journal of Taxonomy. 870. doi:10.5852/EJT.2023.870.2127. ISSN 2118-9773. Wikidata Q120661502.
4. Arbour, J.H., Barriga Salazar, R.E. & López-Fernández, H. (2014): A New Species of Bujurquina (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Río Danta, Ecuador, with a Key to the Species in the Genus. Copeia, 2014 (1): 79-86.