Crenicichla santosi Saxatilia santosi is a species of cichlid native to South America.

It is found in the Amazon River basin and in the Machado River of Rondônia, Brazil.

This species reaches a length of 12 cm (4.7 in).

[1] The fish is named in honor of Ploeg’s friend Geraldo Mendes dos Santos of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, who collected this cichlid during a survey of Rondônian rivers that took place between 1984 and 1988.

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