''Etia nguti'' is a

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cichlid Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes. Cichlids were traditionally classed in a suborder, the Labroidei, along with the wrasses ( Labridae), in the order Perciformes, but molecular studies have contradicted this ...

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Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

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where it is only known from the Nguti River (Ehumbve river), a tributary of the

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Manyu River The Manyu River rises near Wabanein the Upper Banyang Subdivision of the Manyu Department of the Southwest Region, Cameroon. The river runs past the southern border of the Mone River Forest Reserve. Below Mamfe, it is joined by rivers draini ...

. This species can reach up to in

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. It is the only member of its

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and

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Etymology

The species name refers to the village Nguti in Southwestern Cameroon where the majority of the type series was collected. The generic name "Etia" in the indigenous Mbo language spoken in Nguti means "located in", 'Etia Nguti' literally means "located in Nguti."Schliewen, U.K. and M.L. Stiassny, 2003. ''Etia nguti'', a new genus and species of cichlid fish from the River Mamfue, Upper Cross River basin in Cameroon, West-Central Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 14(1):61-71.

References

Cichlidae Freshwater fish of Cameroon Endemic fauna of Cameroon Monotypic fish genera Taxa named by Ulrich K. Schliewen Taxa named by Melanie Stiassny Fish described in 2003 {{Cichlidae-stub