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Blue-eye cichlid (Cryptoheros spilurus)
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Blue-eye cichlid (Cryptoheros spilurus) specimen
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Cichlidae

Blue-eye cichlid

Cryptoheros spilurus

Spotted Cichlid of Central American Waters

  • Blue
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Blue-eye cichlid is known around Central America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 12 cm.

Family
Cichlidae
Maximum length
12 cm
Water
Freshwater
Distribution
Central America: Atlantic slope from Belize to Nicaragua.
Conservation status
DDData Deficient

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