| Mikrogeophagus | |
|---|---|
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| Ram cichlid (M. ramirezi) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Cichlinae |
| Tribe: | Geophagini |
| Genus: | Mikrogeophagus Meulengracht-Madsen, 1968 |
| Type species | |
| Apistogramma ramirezi G. S. Myers & Harry, 1948 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mikrogeophagus is a genus of small cichlids native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America. Both species are popular with aquarists, especially M. ramirezi.
These species spawn on flat rocks or leaves and not in caves like fishes from the closely related cichlid genus Apistogramma.[2]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- Mikrogeophagus altispinosus (Haseman, 1911) (Bolivian Ram)
- Mikrogeophagus ramirezi (G. S. Myers & Harry, 1948) (ram cichlid)
References
- ^ http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp&tbl=genus&genid=9717
- ^ Kullander, S.O., 2003. Cichlidae (Cichlids). p. 605-654. In: R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Mikrogeophagus in FishBase. February 2013 version.