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Southern Eartheaters
Gymnogeophagus
Gymnogeophagus is a genus of cichlid fishes from South America, where they are known from various river basins (notably Rio de la Plata and Lagoa dos Patos–Mirim) in southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina. They are part of a group popularly known as eartheaters.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 20 known species
Muerte Creek Eartheater
speciesGymnogeophagus meridionalis
Argentine Humphead
speciesGymnogeophagus balzanii
Uruguayan Eartheater
speciesGymnogeophagus australis
Gymnogeophagus terrapurpura
speciesGymnogeophagus terrapurpura
Gymnogeophagus labiatus
speciesGymnogeophagus labiatus
Smooth-cheek Eartheater
speciesGymnogeophagus gymnogenys
Stripefin Eartheater
speciesGymnogeophagus rhabdotus
Gymnogeophagus taroba
speciesGymnogeophagus taroba
Gymnogeophagus mekinos
speciesGymnogeophagus mekinos
Gymnogeophagus setequedas
speciesGymnogeophagus setequedas
Gymnogeophagus caaguazuensis
speciesGymnogeophagus caaguazuensis
Gymnogeophagus tiraparae
speciesGymnogeophagus tiraparae
Gymnogeophagus lipokarenos
speciesGymnogeophagus lipokarenos
Gymnogeophagus peliochelynion
speciesGymnogeophagus peliochelynion
Gymnogeophagus pseudolabiatus
speciesGymnogeophagus pseudolabiatus
Gymnogeophagus constellatus
speciesGymnogeophagus constellatus
Gymnogeophagus che
speciesGymnogeophagus che
Gymnogeophagus jaryi
speciesGymnogeophagus jaryi
Gymnogeophagus lacustris
speciesGymnogeophagus lacustris
Gymnogeophagus missioneiro
speciesGymnogeophagus missioneiro
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 88666.