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Blue-point Flag Cichlid (Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus)
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Blue-point Flag Cichlid (Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus) specimen
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Cichlidae

Blue-point Flag Cichlid

Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus

Small bottom groups hunt aquatic insects in slow shallows

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  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus, also known as chogorro and blue-point flag cichlid, is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is found in Central America on both the Atlantic slope of Panama and the Pacific slope of Costa Rica in the Coto River.

Family
Cichlidae
Maximum length
19.5 cm
Water
Freshwater
Distribution
Central America: Atlantic slope of Panama and Pacific slope of Costa Rica (Coto River).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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