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Cichlidae
Rainbow cichlid
Herotilapia multispinosa
Both sexes hold distinct territories
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Central America and the Caribbean
- Europe
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
MediumRainbow cichlid is a freshwater fish from Central America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 17 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Herotilapia
- Maximum length
- 17 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Central America: San Juan ichthyological province of Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Discovered in 1991 in the hot spring at Heviz (Balaton, Hungary) where it is established (Ref. 59043 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
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