Heros efasciatus

Heros efasciatus
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 species of tropical freshwater cichlid native to the Amazon basin in South America.[1] It is commonly found in the aquarium trade, often in its gold colored variation rather than the wild-type olive green one.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Heros efasciatus" in FishBase. 10 2014 version.
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