Biotodoma
Biotodoma | |
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Biotodoma cupido | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Subfamily: | Geophaginae |
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
The two recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Biotodoma cupido (Heckel, 1840) (green-streaked eartheater)
- Biotodoma wavrini (J. P. Gosse, 1963) (Orinoco eartheater)
References
- "Biotodoma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Biotodoma in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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