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Biotodoma
Biotodoma cupido
Scientific classification
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, but additional cryptic species are known to exist.

• 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.

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Biotodoma". 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

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