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Guianacara
Guianacara is a small genus of cichlid fish endemic to freshwater habitats in the Guiana Shield in South America. They mostly live in moderately flowing clear- or blackwater rivers and streams, but also occur in lagoons that are seasonally flooded. They are typically found over bottoms consisting of sandy patches intermixed with large rocks.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
Blue Guianacara
speciesGuianacara owroewefi
Bandit Cichlid
speciesGuianacara geayi
Guianacara stergiosi
speciesGuianacara stergiosi
Guianacara dacrya
speciesGuianacara dacrya
Guianacara cuyunii
speciesGuianacara cuyunii
Guianacara oelemariensis
speciesGuianacara oelemariensis
Guianacara sphenozona
speciesGuianacara sphenozona
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 88632.