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Arrow Cichlid
Amphilophus zaliosus
Amphilophus zaliosus is a species of cichlid that inhabits Lake Apoyo in Nicaragua. It is known in the aquarium trade as the arrow cichlid. It is an elongate species in the Midas cichlid species complex. The arrow cichlid shares its habitat with five other recently discovered species of this complex.
Genetic evidence from Apoyo supports a hypothesis that the six known species of the lake evolved via sympatric speciation.
From the article Amphilophus zaliosus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The yellow background color, common among the Amphilophus cichlids of Nicaragua, is absent in the arrow cichlid. The background color is silver to greenish gray. Breeding specimens can be entirely black.
Wikipedia: “Appearance”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 93951.