Cichlidae

firemouth cichlid

Thorichthys meeki

Fish Reaching Seventeen Centimeters in the Atlantic Ocean

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• North America
• Medium
• Tropical fish

The firemouth cichlid (Thorichthys meeki) is a species of cichlid fish native to Central America. They occur in rivers of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, south through Belize and into northern Guatemala. Their natural habitat is typically shallow, slow-moving, often turbid, water with a pH of 6.5 - 8.0.