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Guapotes
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Guapotes

Parachromis

Parachromis is a genus of cichlids native to Central America. Some species occur in Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua. All species are predatory and relatively large for cichlids.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Jaguar Guapote

speciesParachromis managuensis

Guapote

speciesParachromis dovii

Yellowjacket Cichlid

speciesParachromis friedrichsthalii

Mota

speciesParachromis motaguensis

Parachromis multifasciatus

speciesParachromis multifasciatus

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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 90692.