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Cichlidae
Fairy Cichlid
Biotoecus opercularis
Cichlid beneath the Amazon Basin
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallFairy Cichlid is known around South America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 10 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Biotoecus
- Maximum length
- 10 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon River basin, in the Branco River, the middle and lower Negro River, Urubu River, Lake Saracá, Parintins, Lake Carauaçu, lower Trombetas River.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
