''Klausewitzia'' is a
monospecific genus
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of freshwater
ray-finned fish
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belonging to the
family
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Crenuchidae
The Crenuchidae, or crenuchids, are a family of freshwater fish of the order Characiformes. The 11 genera include about 115 species, though several species are undescribed. These fish are relatively small (usually under in standard length) and ...
, the South American darters.
The only species in this genus is ''Klausewitzia ritae'',
a fish found in the upper
Amazon
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basin in the frontier zone of Brazil and Peru.
The fish is named in honor of Rita Klausewitz (d. 1995), the wife of ichthyologist
Wolfgang Klausewitz
Wolfgang Klausewitz (20 July 1921 – 31 August 2018) was a German zoologist, ichthyologist, marine biologist and biohistorian.
Early life
Klausewitz was born in Berlin. He attended school in Berlin, then, in 1941, was sent as a soldier to North ...
.
References
Characidiinae
Fish of the Amazon basin
Fish of Bolivia
Freshwater fish of Brazil
Taxa named by Jacques Géry
Characiformes genera
Monotypic ray-finned fish genera
Fish described in 1965
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