Mikrogeophagus
Mikrogeophagus is a genus of small cichlids native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America. Both species are popular with aquarists, especially M. ramirezi.
| Mikrogeophagus | |
|---|---|
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| Ram cichlid (M. ramirezi) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Cichlinae |
| Tribe: | Geophagini |
| Genus: | Mikrogeophagus Meulengracht-Madsen, 1968 |
| Type species | |
| Apistogramma ramirezi G. S. Myers & Harry, 1948 | |
| Synonyms | |
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These species spawn on flat rocks or leaves and not in caves like fishes from the closely related cichlid genus Apistogramma.[2]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- Mikrogeophagus altispinosus (Haseman, 1911) (Bolivian Ram)
- Mikrogeophagus ramirezi (G. S. Myers & Harry, 1948) (ram cichlid)
References
- http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp&tbl=genus&genid=9717
- Kullander, S.O., 2003. Cichlidae (Cichlids). p. 605-654. In: R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Mikrogeophagus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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