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Cichlidae
Giant Cichlid
Petenia splendida
Fifty Centimeters Cichlid
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
MediumPetenia splendida, the bay snook, is a species of cichlid from Guatemala and northern Central America. It is important to local commercial fisheries.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Petenia
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Central America: Atlantic slope of Grijalva River to Usumacinta River (Mexico), Usumacinta River (Guatemala), and Belize.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
