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Heros is a genus of cichlids native to the Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo River basins in South America. [1] They were previously included in the genus Cichlasoma before its restriction to the distinct group of "Port Cichlids." The Heros species most commonly encountered in the aquarium trade are fish referable to the species Heros efasciatus ...
Heros severus (previously known as Cichlasoma severum), is a species of tropical freshwater cichlid native to the upper Orinoco and upper Rio Negro basins in South America. [2] It has historically been confused with several other species in the genus, most recently H. liberifer. [2] [3] This species is rarely found in the aquarium trade.
commonly confused with red devil cichlids, but it is an entirely different species [43] Nicaraguan cichlid, moga: Hypsophrys nicaraguensis: 20 cm (7.9 in) Poor man's tropheus: Neetroplus nematopus: 14 cm (5.5 in) Rainbow cichlid: Herotilapia multispinosa: 17 cm (6.7 in) Red terror, guayas cichlid: Mesoheros festae: 25 cm (9.8 in) Salvin's cichlid
An 1865 watercolor painting of heros efasciatus by Jacques Burkhardt.. Over the past few years, the popularity of Heros efasciatus within the aquarium trade has increased. . Consequently, this species could be susceptible to over-exploitation, primarily because of their natural low densities and low fecun
According to FishBase, there are currently sixteen recognized species in this genus, [3] but three very different Middle American taxa ("C." geddesi a synonym of Herichthys deppii, and "C." istlanum and "C." trimaculatum placed in Amphilophus) are not included by Catalog of Fishes, effectively limiting Cichlasoma to a group of rather similar, medium-small cichlids of South America.
Vieja is a genus of cichlid fish from Central America and Mexico. The majority of the species are freshwater fish found in stagnant or slow-moving waters of southern Mexico to El Salvador, but V. maculicauda, which also occurs in brackish waters, ranges south to Panama. [1]
Cichlids / ˈ s ɪ k l ɪ d z / [a] are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes. Traditionally Cichlids were classed in a suborder, the Labroidei , along with the wrasses ( Labridae ), in the order Perciformes , [ 3 ] but molecular studies have contradicted this grouping. [ 4 ]
Mesonauta, the flag cichlids, is a small genus of cichlids native to the Amazon, Orinoco, Essequibo, Paraná and Paraguay basins in South America. [1] [2] Mesonauta is included in the subfamily Cichlasomatinae. [1] [3] They occur in various freshwater habitats such as streams and lakes, especially in areas with little water movement and aquatic ...