Aequidens

Taxobox
name = "Aequidens"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Cichlidae
genus = "Aequidens"
genus_authority = Eigenmann and Bray, 1894

"Aequidens" is a genus of fish in the family Cichlidae. The genus itself is poorly defined and polyphyletic. Many species have been reallocated to other genera such as "Bujurquina", "Laetacara", "Tahuantinsuyoa" (Kullander, 1986), "Krobia" and "Cleithracara" (Kullander & Nijssen, 1989).

Two fishes commonly sold in the aquarium hobby are "Aequidens rivulatus" (green terror) and "Aequidens pulcher" (blue acara).

References

[http://www2.nrm.se/ve/pisces/acara/aequiden.shtml Guide to the south American Cichlidae]