Hypselecara

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Hypselecara
Emerald Cichlid (H. temporalis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Cichlasomatinae
Tribe: Heroini
Genus: Hypselecara
S. O. Kullander, 1986
Type species
Heros temporalis
Günther, 1862

Hypselecara is a small genus of cichlids native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America. H. temporalis is a relatively common aquarium fish known in the aquarium trade as the chocolate cichild.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Hypselecara coryphaenoides (Heckel, 1840)
  • Hypselecara temporalis (Günther, 1862) (Emerald cichlid)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Hypselecara in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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