Geophaginae

Brasil - pearl cichlid ( " Geophagus" brasiliensis)

The Geophagini are a tribe of American cichlid subfamily Cichlinae. The distribution area of the taxon ranges from the south of Panama to northern Argentina. The Geophagini have a wide range of behaviors. They include species that feed exclusively on benthic invertebrates, but also pure fish eaters. Your reproductive strategies range from the substrate spawning until Maulbrüten.

They include, among others, the genera Apistogramma, Apistogrammoides, Mikrogeophagus, Taeniacara and Dicrossus which are referred to in German as dwarf cichlids and popular aquarium fish, as well as the "eartheater" in the genus Geophagus and their relatives.

Genera

There are six sub- tribes, 16 genera, 180 described and several undescribed species.

  • Microgeophangina Microgeophagus, " Geophagus" brasiliensis - type group.
  • Satanoperca, Taeniacara, Apistogramma Apistogrammoides incl.

Swell

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  • Hernán López- Fernández, Kirk O. Winemiller, Rodney L. Honeycutt: Multilocus phylogeny and rapid radiations in Neotropical cichlid fishes ( Perciformes: Cichlidae: Cichlinae ). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Volume 55, Issue 3, June 2010, Pages 1070-1086 doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.02.020
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  • John S. Sparks & Wm Leo Smith: Phylogeny and biogeography of cichlid fishes ( Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae ). Cladistics (2004), Volume: 20, Issue: 6, Publisher: Wiley Online Library, Pages: 501-517 ISSN 07483007 doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2004.00038.x
Taeniacara candidi Acarichthys heckelii Crenicichla Digital Object Identifier
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