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Typical Eartheaters
Geophagus
Geophagus is a genus of cichlids that mainly live in South America as far south as Argentina and Uruguay, but a single species, G. crassilabris is from Panama. They are found in a wide range of freshwater habitats. They are part of a group popularly known as eartheaters and mostly feed by picking up mouthfuls of sediment to sift out food items such as invertebrates, plant material and detritus. The largest species reach up to 28 cm (11 in) in standard length. They are mostly kept in aquariums.
33 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 33 known species
Pearl Cichlid
speciesGeophagus brasiliensis
Iporanga Cichlid
speciesGeophagus iporangensis
Threadfin Eartheater
speciesGeophagus altifrons
Redhump Eartheater
speciesGeophagus steindachneri
Redstriped Eartheater
speciesGeophagus surinamensis
Panamanian Eartheater
speciesGeophagus crassilabris
Geophagus rufomarginatus
speciesGeophagus rufomarginatus
Sven's Eartheater
speciesGeophagus sveni
Tapajos Red head
speciesGeophagus pyrocephalus
Winemiller's Eartheater
speciesGeophagus winemilleri
red head eartheater
speciesGeophagus megasema
Lemonade Cichlid
speciesGeophagus proximus
Maroni Eartheater
speciesGeophagus harreri
Oyapock Eartheater
speciesGeophagus camopiensis
Red Horseface
speciesGeophagus brachybranchus
Geophagus santosi
speciesGeophagus santosi
Geophagus mirabilis
speciesGeophagus mirabilis
Geophagus multiocellus
speciesGeophagus multiocellus
Riverine Eartheater
speciesGeophagus argyrostictus
Geophagus pyrineusi
speciesGeophagus pyrineusi
Geophagus abalios
speciesGeophagus abalios
Geophagus dicrozoster
speciesGeophagus dicrozoster
Geophagus gottwaldi
speciesGeophagus gottwaldi
Yellow Cheek-bar Eartheater
speciesGeophagus taeniopareius
Tocantins Eartheater
speciesGeophagus neambi
Geophagus parnaibae
speciesGeophagus parnaibae
Geophagus diamantinensis
speciesGeophagus diamantinensis
Geophagus brokopondo
speciesGeophagus brokopondo
Geophagus crocatus
speciesGeophagus crocatus
Geophagus grammepareius
speciesGeophagus grammepareius
Geophagus itapicuruensis
speciesGeophagus itapicuruensis
Geophagus obscurus
speciesGeophagus obscurus
Yellowhump Eartheater
speciesGeophagus pellegrini
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 88478.