Heros efasciatus
| Heros efasciatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Cichlasomatinae |
| Tribe: | Heroini |
| Genus: | Heros |
| Species: | H. efasciatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Heros efasciatus Heckel, 1840 | |
Heros efasciatus is a freshwater tropical cichlid native to the Amazon region in South America. It is commonly found in the aquarium trade, often in its gold colored variation rather than the wild-type olive green one.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Heros efasciatus" in FishBase. 10 2014 version.