Cichlidae

Redhead cichlid

Vieja melanurus

Thirty Five Centimeters Cichlid of Mexican Waters

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

Vieja melanurus, the quetzal cichlid, redhead cichlid or firehead cichlid, is a species of cichlid that is native to the Lake Petén Itzá system, the Grijalva-Usumacinta River basin, and other Atlantic river drainages in southern Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.