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Cichlidae
Jack Dempsey
Rocio octofasciata
Cichlid Over Sandy Bottoms
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- Deep-bodied
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Deep-bodied
MediumJack Dempsey is a freshwater fish from North and Central America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 25 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Rocio
- Maximum length
- 25 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- North and Central America: Atlantic slope from southern Mexico (Papaloapán River) to Honduras (Ulua River).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
