Cheirodon galusdae

Cheirodon galusdae
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Genus:	Cheirodon
Species:	C. galusdae
Binomial name
	Cheirodon galusdae[1]; C. H. Eigenmann, 1928
Synonyms
	Cheirodon galusdai Eigenmann, 1928;

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

Named in honor of Piedro Galusda, superintendent of the state hatchery at Lautaro, where he planned the collecting of fish during Eigenmann’s expedition.

References

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

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