Vieja
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Vieja is a genus of fish from the family Cichlidae. The geographic distribution of the genus is limited to Central America, primarily Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua. In general Vieja are high bodied cichlids which grow to between 15-35 cm (6 - 13.8 inches). There are 16 species of Vieja currently described.
[edit] Species
- Vieja argentea (Allgayer, 1991)
- Vieja bifasciata (Steindachner, 1864)
- Vieja breidohri (Werner & Stawikowski, 1987)
- Vieja fenestrata (Günther, 1860)
- Vieja godmanni (Günther, 1862)
- Vieja guttulata (Günther, 1864)
- Vieja hartwegi (Taylor & Miller, 1980)
- Vieja heterospila (Hubbs, 1936)
- Vieja intermedia (Günther, 1862)
- Vieja maculicauda (Regan, 1905) Blackbelt cichlid
- Vieja melanura (Günther, 1862)
- Vieja microphthalma (Günther, 1862)
- Vieja regani (Miller, 1974)
- Vieja synspila (Hubbs, 1935)
- Vieja tuyrensis (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913)
- Vieja zonata (Meek, 1905)
[edit] References
FishBase (2006) Eds. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. World Wide Web electronic publication. fishbase.org version (07/2006).
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