Mikrogeophagus

Taxobox | name = "Mikrogeophagus"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Mikrogeophagus ramirezi"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Cichlidae
genus = "Mikrogeophagus"
genus_authority = Meulengracht-Madson in Schiötz & Christensen, 1968
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="Mikrogeophagus altispinosa" "Mikrogeophagus ramirezi""Mikrogeophagus" is a neotropical cichlid genus. The genus Mikrogeophagus includes only two species. "M. ramirezi" and "M. altispinosa". Both species spawn on flat rocks or leaves and not in caves like fishes from the closely related cichlid genus "Apistogramma".

Fishes from this genus are sometimes recorded as "Papiliochromis" or "Microgeophagus" though these genera should be regarded as a junior synonyms. (Kullander, 2003)

References

* Kullander, S.O., 2003. Cichlidae (Cichlids). p. 605-654. In: R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
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