Cribroheros
Sign in to saveCribroheros is a genus of cichlid found in Middle America. These freshwater fish are distributed over most of Middle America, from western Panama to southern Mexico, on both Atlantic and Pacific slopes. Depending on species, their habitat ranges from fast-flowing rivers and streams, to slow-moving or standing water such as ponds and lakes. Although the genus is overall widespread, the individual species tend to have more restricted distributions and some are threatened, especially due to habitat loss and pollution. They reach up to in standard length.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Cribroheros is referenced by 7 other articles, and connects out to Mexico, Animalia and Panama.
It is catalogued under topics including Cichlid genera and Cichlids.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyCichlidae
via GBIF
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Species
- References
Cribroheros is a genus of cichlid found in Middle America. These freshwater fish are distributed over most of Middle America, from western Panama to southern Mexico, on both Atlantic and Pacific slopes. Depending on species, their habitat ranges from fast-flowing rivers and streams, to slow-moving or standing water such as ponds and lakes. Although the genus is overall widespread, the individual species tend to have more restricted distributions and some are threatened, especially due to habitat loss and pollution. They reach up to in standard length.
==Species== There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus: Cribroheros alfari (Meek, 1907) (Pastel cichlid) Cribroheros altifrons (Kner, 1863) Cribroheros bussingi (Loiselle, 1997) Cribroheros diquis (W. A. Bussing, 1974) Cribroheros longimanus (Günther, 1867) (Red-breast cichlid) Cribroheros rhytisma (López S., 1983) Cribroheros robertsoni (Regan, 1905) (False firemouth cichlid) Cribroheros rostratus (T. N. Gill, 1877)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cribroheros” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.