Biology:Biotodoma

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Biotodoma
Biotodoma cupido.png
Biotodoma cupido
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Cichlinae
Tribe: Geophagini
Subtribe: Geophagina
Genus: Biotodoma
C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903
Type species
Geophagus cupido
Heckel, 1840

Biotodoma is a small genus of cichlids native to rivers in the Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo basins in South America.

Species

There are two currently recognized species in the genus,[1] but additional cryptic species are known to exist.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Biotodoma in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  2. Carvalho, A.P.C., R.A. Collins, J.G. Martínez, I.P. Farias, and T. Hrbek (2019). From shallow to deep divergences: mixed messages from Amazon Basin cichlids. Hydrobiologia 832(1): 317–329. doi:10.1007/s10750-018-3790-x

Wikidata ☰ Q2697008 entry