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Archocentrus

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Kingdom
  
Subfamily
  
Cichlinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Scientific name
  
Archocentrus

Higher classification
  
Cichlid

Order
  
Perciformes

Archocentrus Archocentrus chetumalensis

Similar
  
Cichlid, Convict cichlid, Cryptoheros, Cryptoheros sajica, Rainbow cichlid

Cares fish archocentrus cryptoheros nanoluteus spawing


Archocentrus is a genus of cichlid fishes from Central America. It formerly included 7 of the species now included in the genus Cryptoheros, as well as the convict cichlid, now included in the genus Amatitlania. The Rainbow Cichlid, Archocentrus multispinosus, was temporarily included in the genus Archocentrus but is now back in its original genus Herotilapia.

Contents

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Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

  • Archocentrus centrarchus (T. N. Gill, 1877) (Flier cichlid)
  • Archocentrus spinosissimus (Vaillant & Pellegrin, 1902)

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    References

    Archocentrus Wikipedia