Andinoacara

Goldsaumbuntbarsch ( Andinoacara rivulatus )

Andinoacara ( " Andino " for the Andes; " Acará " Tupi- Guarani term for cichlids ) is a seven described species genus of South American cichlids. The genus occurs in northern South America on the west side of the Andes in northern Peru, Ecuador as well as in western and northern Colombia, in the basin of the Orinoco River, in southern Central America on the Pacific side of southern Costa Rica and Panama and on the island of Trinidad before. The genus was erected by a group of Czech ichthyologist in 2009 and combines the species, the former " Aequidens " pulcher and " Aequidens " rivulatus group.

Features

The genus is so far insufficiently diagnosed and morphological autapomorphies have not been named. Andinoacara species are medium-sized cichlids and are 10 to 20 inches long. Your body is laterally flattened, high backs and oval in shape. The head profile is rounded, the mouth terminal. They are usually relatively colorful. Typical are different colored fin edges. The Andinoacara species distinguished from the genus Aequidens mainly by the bone structure, the scalation and coloration. Andinoacara species are revier forming substrate spawners.

Species

• Andinoacara rivulatus Group Andinoacara biseriatus ( Regan 1913)
• Andinoacara blombergi Wijkmark, Kullander & Barriga Salazar, 2012
• Andinoacara rivulatus ( Günther 1860) Goldsaumbuntbarsch
• Andinoacara sapayensis ( Regan 1903)
• Andinoacara stalsbergi Schindler & Staeck, 2009 Silbersaumbuntbarsch

• Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus ( Kner 1863)
• Andinoacara latifrons ( Steindachner 1879)
• Andinoacara pulcher ( Gill 1858) Blaupunkt cichlid
• Andinoacara sp. " Maracaibo "
• Andinoacara sp. " Zamora "

Outer systematics

Andinoacarina is closely related to the genera Bujurquina and Tahuantinsuyoa and forms with the two subtribes Andinoacarina. Both species have their main distribution in the rivers of the Andes east side.