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Pearlspot Cichlids
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Pearlspot Cichlids

Etroplus

Etroplus is a small genus of cichlids native to southern India and Sri Lanka. Together with Pseudetroplus (which formerly was included in Etroplus), they are the only ciclids of this region.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Green Chromide

speciesEtroplus suratensis

Canara Pearlspot

speciesEtroplus canarensis

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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 88263.