Order Perciformes Subfamily Cichlasomatinae Higher classification Cichlid | Scientific name Parachromis Rank Genus | |
Lower classifications Parachromis dovii, Parachromis managuensis, Parachromis motaguensis, Parachromis friedrichsthalii, Loiselle's cichlid |
Very aggressive fish the growing pains of keeping a wolf cichlid parachromis dovii
Parachromis is a genus of cichlids native to Central America. Some species occur in Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua. All species are predatory and relatively large for cichlids.
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Aquarium fish parachromis dovii wolf cichlid male and female
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:
References
Parachromis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA