Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Cichlomorphae
Ordo: Cichliformes
Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Geophaginae
Genus: Mikrogeophagus
Species: M. altispinosus – M. ramirezi
Name
Mikrogeophagus Meulengracht-Madsen in Schiötz & Christensen, 1968
Vernacular names
norsk: Sommerfuglciklider
ไทย: สกุลไมโครจีโอฟากัส
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]
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
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
http://research.calacademy.org/ [dead link]
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.
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.
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