Mikrogeophagus is a genus of cichlids native to the Llanos wetlands (Orinoco basin) and Guaporé–Mamoré river system (southern Amazon basin) in tropical South America.[2] They are dwarf cichlids that reach up to 6 cm (2.4 in) in standard length.[2][3]
| Mikrogeophagus | |
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| Ram cichlid (M. ramirezi) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Cichlinae |
| Tribe: | Geophagini |
| Genus: | Mikrogeophagus Meulengracht-Madsen, 1968 |
| Type species | |
| Apistogramma ramirezi G. S. Myers & Harry, 1948
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| Synonyms | |
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They are popular with aquarists, especially M. ramirezi. These species spawn on flat rocks or leaves and not in small caves like the closely related cichlid genus Apistogramma.[4]
Species edit
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2][3]
- Mikrogeophagus altispinosus (Haseman, 1911) (Bolivian ram)
- Mikrogeophagus maculicauda Staeck, Ottoni & I. Schindler, 2022
- Mikrogeophagus ramirezi (G. S. Myers & Harry, 1948) (ram cichlid)
References edit
- ^ http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp&tbl=genus&genid=9717 [dead link]
- ^ a b c Staeck, Wolfgang; Ottoni, Felipe Polivanov; Schindler, Ingo (2022-09-08). "Mikrogeophagus maculicauda, a new dwarf cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the eastern drainage of the upper Rio Guaporé, Brazil". FishTaxa. 24: 49–58. ISSN 2458-942X.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). Species of Mikrogeophagus in FishBase. September 2023 version.
- ^ 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.