Biotodoma
| Biotodoma | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Biotodoma cupido | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Geophaginae |
| Genus: | Biotodoma C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903 |
| Type species | |
| Geophagus cupido Heckel, 1840 | |
Biotodoma is a small genus of cichlids. They are native to rivers in the Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo basins in South America.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Biotodoma cupido (Heckel, 1840) (Greenstreaked eartheater)
- Biotodoma wavrini (J. P. Gosse, 1963) (Orinoco eartheater)
References
- "Biotodoma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Biotodoma in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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