Hoplarchus psittacus

Taxobox | name = "Hoplarchus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Cichlidae
subfamilia = Cichlasomatinae
genus = "Hoplarchus"
genus_authority = (Kaup, 1860)
species = "H. psittacus"
binomial = "Hoplarchus psittacus"
binomial_authority = (Heckel, 1840)

"Hoplarchus psittacus" is a species of cichlid fish endemic to the blackwater rivers in Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela, South America including the Rio Negro, Jamari, Preto da Eva, Urubu rivers and upper Orinoco drainages.cite web|url=http://filaman.uni-kiel.de/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12321|title=Hypsophrys nicaraguensis, Moga|author=Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors.|publisher=FishBase|accessdate=2007-04-10] Linke H, Staeck L (1994) "American cichlids II: Large Cichlids. A handbook for their identification, care and breeding." Tetra Press. Germany. ISBN 1-56465-169-X] The species is occasionally kept as an aquarium fish and is traded under the common name of Parrot cichlid.cite book |last=Riehl |first=Rüdiger. Editor. |coauthors=Baensch, HA |title=Aquarium Atlas |year=1996. 5th Edn. |publisher=Tetra Press |location=Germany |isbn=3-88244-050-3] The species is the only representative of the monotypic genus "Hoplarchus", and is part of family Cichlidae in subfamily Cichlasomatinae.

ee also

*Cichlid

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