Cheirodon kiliani

Cheirodon kiliani is a species of fish in the family Characidae endemic to Chile.

Cheirodon kiliani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Cheirodon
Species:
C. kiliani[1]
Binomial name
Cheirodon kiliani[2]
Campos, 1982

Named in honor of Campos’ teacher, Ernst Kilian, founding director of Instituto de Zoología, Austral_University_of_Chile, Chile.

References
  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Cheirodon kiliani. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
  2. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Cheirodon kiliani. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 4 August 2007.


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