Hypselecara
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Hypselecara | |
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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]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Hypselecara in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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