Central America - 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.

Amatitlania altoflava

Cichlidae

8 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

mojarra

Amatitlania kanna

6 cm

living as a couple

carnivorous

topaz cichlid

Amatitlania myrnae

7 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

mojarra

Amatitlania nanolutea

6 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

Amatitlania sp. Honduran

Cichlidae

8 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Amatitlania sp. Yoyoa

Cichlidae

6 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

butterfly splitfin

Ameca splendens

8 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

midas cichlid

Amphilophus citrinellus

20 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

guapotillo

Amphilophus hogaboomorum

15 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous

Amphilophus istlanus

Cichlidae

20 cm

living as a couple

carnivorous

Amphilophus labiatus

Cichlidae

25 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous

three spot cichlid

Amphilophus trimaculatus

30 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous

mojarra

Amphilophus xiloaensis

15 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous

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

Archocentrus spinosissimus

Cichlidae

10 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

blackthroat cichlid

Astatheros macracanthus

25 cm

living as a couple

carnivorous

common snook

Centropomus undecimalis

80 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

chiapa de corzo cichlid

Chiapaheros grammodes

18 cm

living as a couple

carnivorous

southern checkmark cichlid

Chuco godmanni

28 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

northern checkmark cichlid

Chuco intermedium

18 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

chisel-tooth cichlid

Cincelichthys bocourti

30 cm

living as a couple or in a group

scavenger

pantano cichlid

Cincelichthys pearsei

18 cm

living as a couple or in a group

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

false firemouth cichlid

Cribroheros robertsoni

15 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

cutter's cichlid

Cryptoheros cutteri

7 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

blue-eye cichlid

Cryptoheros spilurus

7 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

agujeta

Ctenolucius beani

22 cm

solitary

carnivorous

panamanian eartheater

Geophagus crassilabris

15 cm

living in small groups

soil-eating and omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

metallic topminnow

Girardinus metallicus

3 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

lowland cichlid

Herichthys carpintis

25 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

rio grande cichlid

Herichthys cyanoguttatus

20 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous

nautla cichlid

Herichthys deppii

15 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous

rainbow cichlid

Herotilapia multispinosa

11 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous

butterfly cichlid

Hypsophrys nicaraguensis

20 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

goldbreast splitfin

Ilyodon furcidens

7 cm

living in colonies

omnivorous

usumacinta cichlid

Kihnichthys ufermanni

20 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

turquiose cichlid

Kronoheros umbrifer

45 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

black bellied limia

Limia melanogaster

4 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

humpback limia

Limia nigrofasciata

6 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

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