Amazon Cichlid

Cichlasoma amazonarum

Cichlid beneath the Ucayali Basin

Amazon Cichlid is a freshwater fish of South America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 13.5 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cichlids and Allies
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Cichlasoma
Maximum length: 13.5 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin, from the Ucayali, Huallaga, Amazon and Yavarí River drainages in Peru, along the mainstream Amazon-Solimões River in Colombia and Brazil to the mouth; also in French Guiana and Amapá, Brazil.

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