Hypsophrys nicaraguensis
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| Hypsophrys nicaraguensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Cichlasomatinae |
| Genus: | Hypsophrys (Agassiz, 1859) |
| Species: | H. nicaraguensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypsophrys nicaraguensis (Günther, 1864) |
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Hypsophrys nicaraguensis is a species of fish endemic to the Atlantic slope of Central America, from Nicaragua to Costa Rica.[1] The species is a popular aquarium fish and is traded under a variety of common names that include Nickie, Moga, Parrot cichlid, Macaw Cichlid, Butterfly Cichlid and Nicaraguense.[1]
The species was formerly the only representative of its genus, and is part of family Cichlidae in subfamily Cichlasomatinae.[1] However, the Poor man's tropheus, formerly Neetroplus nematopus, was recently placed into the genus Hypsophrys, as Hypsophrys nematopus.[2]
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- ^ a b c Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors.. "Hypsophrys nicaraguensis, Moga". FishBase. http://filaman.uni-kiel.de/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12321. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
- ^ "Convict and Jack Dempsey placed in new genera". Archived from the original on 2007-12-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20071228234519/http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=1399. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
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