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Cichlasoma
Cichlasoma is a genus of fish in the cichlid family. The genus was previously very large (a wastebasket taxon), including cichlids from Texas, North America, through all of Central America to parts of South America.
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 13 known species
Dimerus Cichlid
speciesCichlasoma dimerus
Black Acara
speciesCichlasoma bimaculatum
Brown Coscarob
speciesCichlasoma taenia
Cichlasoma orientale
speciesCichlasoma orientale
Amazon Cichlid
speciesCichlasoma amazonarum
Paranaense Acara
speciesCichlasoma paranaense
Bolivian Cichlid
speciesCichlasoma boliviense
Red Port Acara
speciesCichlasoma portalegrense
Cichlasoma araguaiense
speciesCichlasoma araguaiense
Orinoco Cichlasoma
speciesCichlasoma orinocense
Cichlasoma sanctifranciscense
speciesCichlasoma sanctifranciscense
Cichlasoma pusillum
speciesCichlasoma pusillum
Zarske's Cichlid
speciesCichlasoma zarskei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 56903.