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The Texas cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus), also known as the Rio Grande cichlid, is a freshwater fish of the cichlid family, and the only cichlid species that is native to the United States. It is found in the lower Rio Grande drainage in Texas near Brownsville and northeastern Mexico .
Texas cichlid, Rio Grande cichlid: Herichthys cyanoguttatus: 30 cm (12 in) T-bar cichlid: Amatitlania sajica: 9 cm (3.5 in) Wolf cichlid: Parachromis dovii: 72 cm (28 in) Yellowjacket cichlid: Parachromis friedrichsthalii: 28 cm (11 in) False yellowjacket cichlid: Parachromis motaguensis: 30 cm (12 in)
Cichlids are one of the largest vertebrate families in the world. They are most diverse in Africa and South America. Africa alone is host to at least an estimated 1,600 species. [19] Central America and Mexico have about 120 species, as far north as the Rio Grande in South Texas.
Herichthys is a genus of cichlid fishes native to North and Central America.Most are endemic to Mexico, but H. cyanoguttatus is also found in southern Texas (United States), and has been introduced to central Texas and Florida.
There are two families within the Cichliformes; the convict blennies are a small family consisting of a single genus and two species, while the cichlids are one of the largest vertebrate families with over 202 genera and more than 1700 species. It is molecular data which placed the two seemingly dissimilar families in the same taxon.
He also mentions “bass” and describes the spawning beds of the Rio Grande (Texas) Cichlid, with a picture of one that he caught. This fish is also called the “Rio Grande Perch.” [33] A fish common from the lower to the upper reaches of Shoal Creek is the Texas mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis. The City of Austin introduces it for mosquito ...
A 19th century watercolor painting of a pike cichlid from Brazil by Jacques Burkhardt.. The genus Crenicichla is native to freshwater in tropical and subtropical South America east of the Andes, ranging from Trinidad and the Guiana Shield (including Orinoco), through the Amazon and Río de la Plata Basins, south as far as Río Negro in Argentina. [4]
It is related to the Texas cichlid, with which it forms viable hybrid offspring. These hybrids are an invasive species in Louisiana. [2] Distribution and habitat.