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Nandopsis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Cichlasomatinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Cichlidae

Scientific name
  
Nandopsis

Higher classification
  
Cichlid

Order
  
Perciformes

Nandopsis Fish Identification

Similar
  
Cichlid, Cuban cichlid, Herichthys, Parachromis, Cichlasoma

Nandopsis tetracanthus cuban cichlid pair


Nandopsis is a small genus of cichlid fishes found in lakes, streams and rivers in Cuba and Hispaniola. If disregarding Trinidad and Tobago (where the few native cichlids are members of genera that are widespread on the South American mainland), Nandopsis are the only cichlids native to the Antilles.

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Nandopsis CichlidForum Male Nandopsis Haitiensis aka Odo

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Species

Nandopsis Nandopsis urophthalmus

The genus currently contains three species. An additional species, N. vombergae is recognized by some, but considered a synonym of N. haitiensis by FishBase.

  • Nandopsis haitiensis (Tee-Van, 1935) (Haitian cichlid)
  • Nandopsis ramsdeni (Fowler, 1938) (Joturo)
  • Nandopsis tetracanthus (Valenciennes, 1831) (Biajaca)

    • Nandopsis cichlidscom Nandopsis Haitiensis

    Nandopsis The Brackish Tank Cuban CichlidBiajaca Genus Nandopsis Species

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    Nandopsis Cichlid News

    References

    Nandopsis Wikipedia
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