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Cichlidae
Black midas cichlid
Amphilophus astorquii
Breeding adults turn head and tail base entirely black
- Black
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Central America and the Caribbean
- Deep-bodied
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Black
Tropical
Regional distribution
Deep-bodied
MediumBlack midas cichlid is a freshwater fish of Central America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 15.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Amphilophus
- Maximum length
- 15.5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Central America: Lake Apoyo in Nicaragua.
- Conservation status
- CRCritically Endangered
Class
Family
Conservation status
