| Mikrogeophagus | |
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| Ram cichlid (M. ramirezi) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Cichlinae |
| Tribe: | Geophagini |
| Genus: | Mikrogeophagus Meulengracht-Madsen, 1968 |
| Type species | |
| Apistogramma ramirezi G. S. Myers & Harry, 1948 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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. They are dwarf cichlids that reach up to 6 cm (2.4 in) in standard length.
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.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
- Mikrogeophagus altispinosus (Haseman, 1911) (Bolivian ram)
- Mikrogeophagus maculicauda Staeck, Ottoni & I. Schindler, 2022
- Mikrogeophagus ramirezi (G. S. Myers & Harry, 1948) (ram cichlid)
References
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Mikrogeophagus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences.
- ^ 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Mikrogeophagus". FishBase. September 2023 version.
- Kullander, S.O. (2003). "Cichlidae (Cichlids)". In R.E. Reis; S.O. Kullander; C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.). Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre, Brasil: EDIPUCRS. pp. 605–654.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Mikrogeophagus | |