Costa Rica - List of fishes

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olomina

Alfaro cultratus

6 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Its diet depends on age: juveniles eat aquatic insects while adults feed on terrestrial and aerial insects. It is viviparous: the gestation lasts about 24 days. The female can give birth to about 30 fry.

topaz cichlid

Amatitlania myrnae

7 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

convict cichlid

Amatitlania nigrofasciata

9 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

It easily accommodates to life in captivity, but it is aggressive toward smaller species. It breeds easily in aquarium: the male delineates a territory in which the female lays its eggs. After hatching, the pair will protect juveniles against potential predators.

t-bar cichlid

Amatitlania sajica

6 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

mojarra

Amatitlania septemfasciata

8 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

convict cichlid

Amatitlania siquia

7 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

midas cichlid

Amphilophus citrinellus

20 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

chogorro

Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus

14 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

mojarrita rayada

Archocentrus centrarchus

10 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Astyanax fasciatus

Characidae

12 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

banded puffer

Colomesus psittacus

25 cm

solitary

carnivorous

pastel cichlid

Cribroheros alfari

12 cm

living as a couple

soil-eating and omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

red breasted cichlid

Cribroheros longimanus

11 cm

living as a couple

soil-eating and omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

pearl cichlid

Cribroheros rhytisma

11 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

carate

Cribroheros rostratus

18 cm

living as a couple

soil-eating and omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

metallic topminnow

Girardinus metallicus

3 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

rainbow cichlid

Herotilapia multispinosa

11 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous

Wolffish

Hoplias malabaricus

50 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

butterfly cichlid

Hypsophrys nicaraguensis

20 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

moga

Neetroplus nematopus

14 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous

guapote

Parachromis dovii

50 cm

living as a couple

carnivorous

Parachromis loisellei

Cichlidae

18 cm

living as a couple

carnivorous

jaguar guapote

Parachromis managuensis

45 cm

living as a couple

carnivorous

molly

Poecilia sphenops

4 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

The female is larger than the male. Fertilization is internal and it is an ovoviviparous species. After a "gestation" of 28 days, the female "gives birth" to a variable number of juveniles: between 20 and 150. There are many varieties of color, the most common is black.

Synbranchus marmoratus

Synbranchidae

120 cm

solitary

carnivorous

tuba

Tomocichla tuba

25 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

blackbelt cichlid

Vieja maculicauda

25 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with herbivorous tendency

olomina

Xenophallus umbratilis

4 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Costa Rica - List of fishes

olomina

topaz cichlid

convict cichlid

t-bar cichlid

mojarra

convict cichlid

midas cichlid

chogorro

mojarrita rayada

Astyanax fasciatus

banded puffer

pastel cichlid

red breasted cichlid

pearl cichlid

carate

metallic topminnow

rainbow cichlid

Wolffish

butterfly cichlid

moga

guapote

Parachromis loisellei

jaguar guapote

molly

Synbranchus marmoratus

tuba

blackbelt cichlid

olomina

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