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Cichlidae
Lyon's Cichlid
Amphilophus lyonsi
Seeds gathered from gently flowing sand rivers
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
MediumLyon's Cichlid is known from Central America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Amphilophus
- Maximum length
- 15 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Central America: Pacific slope of Costa Rica (Coto River) and Panama (Dupí River).
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