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Cichlid species Picture Common name Species Region Size Aggression Level Description Green Terror: Aequidens rivulatus: North-West South America: 12 inch or 30.48 cm: Moderate: Bottom: Males grow much larger than females Freshwater Angelfish: Pterophyllum scalare: North-Central South America: 3.937 inch or 10 cm
Saxatilia is a South American cichlid genus in the genus group Geophagini.The genus was only erected in mid-2023 by four South American ichthyologists and their Swedish colleague Sven O. Kullander, and the name is a near-tautonym of the chosen type species.
The largest species in the genus, the speckled peacock bass (C. temensis), reaches up to 13 kg (29 lb) in weight and 1 m (3.3 ft) in length, possibly making it the largest species of cichlid [16] (others suggest that record goes to the African giant cichlid, Boulengerochromis microlepis). [17] Other peacock bass species are smaller. [18]
Cichlid fish of Brazil (85 P) Pages in category "Cichlid fish of South America" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.
Similarly, only around 30% of South American cichlids are thought to retain the ancestral substrate-brooding trait. Mouthbrooding is thought to have evolved individually up to 14 times, and a return to substrate brooding as many as three separate times between both African and Neotropical species. [85]
The oscar (Astronotus ocellatus) is a species of fish from the cichlid family known under a variety of common names, including tiger oscar, velvet cichlid, and marble cichlid. [2] In tropical South America, where the species naturally resides, A. ocellatus specimens are often found for sale as a food fish in the local markets.
Lugubria is a South American cichlid genus in the tribe Geophagini.It was introduced by four South American ichthyologists and their Swedish colleague S. O. Kullander, and the name is a near-tautonym of the chosen type species.
Geophagus is a genus of cichlids that mainly live in South America as far south as Argentina and Uruguay, but a single species, G. crassilabris is from Panama. [1] [2] They are found in a wide range of freshwater habitats. [3]