Archocentrus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Genus: |
Archocentrus T. N. Gill, 1877 |
Species: | A. centrarchus
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Binomial name | |
Archocentrus centrarchus (T. N. Gill, 1877)
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Archocentrus is a genus of cichlid fish from Central America. It currently contains a single species, the flier cichlid (Archocentrus centrarchus), which is found in stagnant and slow-moving freshwater habitats such as lakes, ponds, ditches, swamps and rivers in Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. [2] [3] It is up to 11 cm (4.3 in) long and feeds on invertebrates and detritus. [3]
Archocentrus formerly included some of the species now included in the genera Cryptoheros and Amatitlania, such as the convict cichlid. [4] [5] [6] The rainbow cichlid was temporarily included in the genus Archocentrus but is now back in its original genus Herotilapia. [7]
Archocentrus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Genus: |
Archocentrus T. N. Gill, 1877 |
Species: | A. centrarchus
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Binomial name | |
Archocentrus centrarchus (T. N. Gill, 1877)
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Archocentrus is a genus of cichlid fish from Central America. It currently contains a single species, the flier cichlid (Archocentrus centrarchus), which is found in stagnant and slow-moving freshwater habitats such as lakes, ponds, ditches, swamps and rivers in Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. [2] [3] It is up to 11 cm (4.3 in) long and feeds on invertebrates and detritus. [3]
Archocentrus formerly included some of the species now included in the genera Cryptoheros and Amatitlania, such as the convict cichlid. [4] [5] [6] The rainbow cichlid was temporarily included in the genus Archocentrus but is now back in its original genus Herotilapia. [7]