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Hypsophrys
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Hypsophrys

Hypsophrys is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cichlidae, the cichlids. The only species in this genus is Hypsophrys unimaculatus, the moga, butterfly cichlid, macaw cichlid, parrot cichlid or Nicaragua cichlid, a fish found on the Atlantic slope of Central America.

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1 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species

Macaw Cichlid

speciesHypsophrys nicaraguensis

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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 89040.