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Flag Cichlids
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Flag Cichlids

Mesonauta

Mesonauta, the flag cichlids, is a small genus of cichlids native to soft, acidic freshwater habitats in South America. Mesonauta is part of the family Cichlidae and is included in subfamily Cichlasomatinae.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Festive Cichlid

speciesMesonauta festivus

Wonderful Flag Cichlid

speciesMesonauta mirificus

Flag Cichlid

speciesMesonauta insignis

Guyana Flag Cichlid

speciesMesonauta guyanae

Mesonauta egregius

speciesMesonauta egregius

Tocantins Flag Cichlid

speciesMesonauta acora

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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 89877.