Hypselecara
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| Emerald Cichlid (H. temporalis) | |
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Hypselecara
S. O. Kullander, 1986
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| Heros temporalis Günther, 1862
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Hypselecara is a small genus of cichlids native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America. H. temporalis is a relatively common aquarium fish known in the aquarium trade as the chocolate cichild.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Hypselecara coryphaenoides (Heckel, 1840)
- Hypselecara temporalis (Günther, 1862) (Emerald cichlid)
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- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Hypselecara in FishBase. February 2013 version.
