Mikrogeophagus

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Mikrogeophagus
Mikrogeophagus ramirezi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Cichlidae Genus: Mikrogeophagus Meulengracht-Madson in Schiötz & Christensen, 1968
Species
Mikrogeophagus altispinosa Mikrogeophagus ramirezi

Mikrogeophagus is a neotropical cichlid genus. The genus Mikrogeophagus includes only two species. M. ramirezi and M. altispinosa. Both species spawn on flat rocks or leaves and not in caves like fishes from the closely related cichlid genus Apistogramma.

Fishes from this genus are sometimes recorded as Papiliochromis or Microgeophagus though these genera should be regarded as a junior synonyms. (Kullander, 2003)

[edit] References

• Kullander, S.O., 2003. Cichlidae (Cichlids). p. 605-654. In: R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
• "Mikrogeophagus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.